The question of work — who gets it and who doesn’t — has driven the Hollywood zeitgeist for years, from #MeToo to recent reckonings over race and equity. At the Tribeca Festival in New York City on Wednesday, Emmy winner Lena Waithe, her production company Hillman Grad and an unexpected financial partner, the global Hr conglomerate Indeed, took a step toward innovating new ways of affording work in Hollywood.
Waithe, alongside Hillman Grad’s president of film and television Rishi Rajani, presented “Rising Voices,” a collection of 10 films written and directed by up-and-coming Bipoc filmmakers. Given $1 million by Indeed, Waithe, as well as executives from Ventureland and 271 Films, tasked the filmmakers with producing 15-minute shorts in a few weeks’ time.
“We’re seeing real inclusion at work, and we’re seeing people put their money where their mouths are,” Waithe told Variety at the festival. “Hollywood is starting to wake...
Waithe, alongside Hillman Grad’s president of film and television Rishi Rajani, presented “Rising Voices,” a collection of 10 films written and directed by up-and-coming Bipoc filmmakers. Given $1 million by Indeed, Waithe, as well as executives from Ventureland and 271 Films, tasked the filmmakers with producing 15-minute shorts in a few weeks’ time.
“We’re seeing real inclusion at work, and we’re seeing people put their money where their mouths are,” Waithe told Variety at the festival. “Hollywood is starting to wake...
- 6/18/2021
- by Michael Appler
- Variety Film + TV
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