The Black Box Foundation was founded in 1997 to
address long-standing prejudice in Hungary and Romania toward the Roma
minority, a group of people previously having no medium through which
to address the prejudice they faced and help others learn about their
culture. The Foundation uses television to help the Roma reach out to
members of their communities; it trains five-person teams—comprised of
Hungarians, Roma, and Romanians—in video production, provides them with
equipment, and secures monthly airtime on local television stations for
their programs. Team members obtain funding for their productions, and
serve as writers, editors, directors, and production staff.
