Welcome to Fade to Black Entertainment alliance. We are a production company since 1999 designed to promote and produce Afro Canadian artists in film, video and music that express culture and story with like minded individuals and organizations around the world.

Fade to Black Entertainment Alliance (FTBEA) started as ‘The Rebel Arts Society’ in the city of Montreal 1998. Inspired by a student film “Fay to Black” about culture and families torn apart, it became the determined effort of its founder Lincoln Thorne to build upon the divide in getting these important stories told. Pursuing a career in media with the goal of supporting and encourage black film & video artists, Lincoln wanted to develop strategies that increase visibility in production in the Quebec film industry. Film Production Company’s started to recognize our collective of diversity and called looking for artists to fulfill various positions. He then went on to rallying Afro Canadian youths in the community with summer programs at the university (Concordia) mentored by professional artists that look like them, in establishing cultural unity and breaking the anxiety of an University institution of higher learning. (The project was called Each One Teach One).  Along with events that promoted diversity in media, FTBEA organization became official in 1999 (with the help of SODEC). Leading black filmmakers in Canada (Clement Virgo, Sandi Ross, Karen King, and Cameron Baily) came and inaugurate FTBE as an Alliance for the pursuit of Afro Canadian film & video production.

In 2002 FTBEA moved out of Montreal and set up in Vancouver, BC. “We came to the reality of the challenges of creating a films video network for an Afro community in Montreal which was almost nonexistent.” In order to fulfill these goals FTBEA realized it had to work with all artists who are committed to the cause of producing and promoting cinema & television for and with artist of the Afro Diaspora. FTBEA role in the community became apparent, for us to succeed we needed to communicate with the community, face to face. FTBEA put on events in Vancouver,BC, that encourage unity and a collective expression. Rallying again those Afro Canadian artists into working together on a film production of his student film now “Fade to Black”, funded by the Canada Council for Arts, 2003. FTBEA then went on and worked with other artists of the Afro community to do compilation soundtrack for the film. Later FTBEA created the 1st black film festival to show case the film along with other likeminded films and video of the Afro Canadian Diaspora with the help of the Vancouver Film School. Lincoln represented the film and the Vancouver black community as it toured Europe at the various festivals (winning an achievement award in Poland).

Celebrating our tenth year 2009, we helped founders Black Dot Roots and Culture Collective (BeDRoCC) with their Black History in Film festival. Then put on the closing event for the Black History month celebration with film & music. In June of that year FTBEA created 1st Black Music Month (BMM) event in Vancouver. FTBEA carried the event on with shows promoting the achievements of popular female and male music artist from the BMM. These shows continued the following year, now heading into our 14th year of FTBEA working in the Vancouver Afro community; “I am humble in my achievements, said Lincoln Thorne. “in having a hand in stimulating the arts of the Afro Diaspora into BC and Canada in the pursuit of film, video and music, bring the community ever closer together.” FTBE continues to provide opportunities for Afro-Canadian film, video, and music artists along with like-minded org. and individuals. Now working on-line, "we are extending our global," said Lincoln, "to reach populations around the world. It is imperative that we generate an atmosphere of cooperation between black filmmakers of different skills alongside production companies here and abroad. Together we can make films and video the world will want to watch."