Speakers at Sheffield panel discuss boosting inclusivity in creative industries.
A panel of broadcasters, filmmakers and other industry experts debated the need for fresh thinking on diversity at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking on the New Leaders panel were Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network), Lyle Ashun (BBC), Bob Clarke (Mama Youth Project), Cat Lewis (Nine Lives) and Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV).
Clarke, founder and CEO of media training organisation Mama Youth Project, said that words such as ‘diversity’ are patronising, and that it’s time people of all ages and backgrounds take action and create their own content.
“I don’t want to be sitting here in ten years talking about the same thing,” said Clarke.
He used Mama Youth Project and his television show What’s Up TV as examples of “tangible outcomes” where young people from under-represented backgrounds are given media training and employment opportunities.
27-year-old Ashun, a researcher...
A panel of broadcasters, filmmakers and other industry experts debated the need for fresh thinking on diversity at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Speaking on the New Leaders panel were Fraser Ayre (TriForce Creative Network), Lyle Ashun (BBC), Bob Clarke (Mama Youth Project), Cat Lewis (Nine Lives) and Jacqueline Shepherd (What’s Up TV).
Clarke, founder and CEO of media training organisation Mama Youth Project, said that words such as ‘diversity’ are patronising, and that it’s time people of all ages and backgrounds take action and create their own content.
“I don’t want to be sitting here in ten years talking about the same thing,” said Clarke.
He used Mama Youth Project and his television show What’s Up TV as examples of “tangible outcomes” where young people from under-represented backgrounds are given media training and employment opportunities.
27-year-old Ashun, a researcher...
- 6/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
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