The New York Times follows the story of Charles D. King, a former talent agent who successfully started his own production company, Macro: “During the 10 day run at the Sundance Film Festival each January, the otherwise-unassuming ski hamlet of Park City, Utah, begins to look like the Hamptons on Fourth of July weekend. Traffic […]
Ava DuVernay Helps Start a Diversity Initiative for Hollywood
Ava DuVernay Helps Start a Diversity Initiative for Hollywood
Ava DuVernay is partnering up with the mayor of Los Angeles to launch a Hollywood Diversity Program for women and people of color: “With an eye toward helping young women and people of color break into the entertainment business, the city of Los Angeles is hoping to lend a hand. Eric Garcetti, the mayor of […]
Culture Shift: How Black Women Redefined Hollywood On Their Own Terms In 2017
Culture Shift: How Black Women Redefined Hollywood On Their Own Terms In 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, it is easy to see how black women have made their mark over on the film industry during the past year: “Two years after writer and activist April Reign created #OscarsSoWhite —a hashtag criticizing the Academy Awards’ lack of recognition of Black films—Black women starred in films that shattered […]
Despite Dollars in Diversity, Hollywood Still Averse to Making Inclusive Films
Despite Dollars in Diversity, Hollywood Still Averse to Making Inclusive Films
Variety.com discusses the continued hesitation for Hollywood to create inclusive films despite continued success in the box office: “In Hollywood’s struggle to increase diversity both in front of and behind the camera, 2017 is proof positive that such films can conquer the box office, potentially putting to rest long-held conventions about what kinds of movies […]
Every theater-bound Hollywood studio film directed by black filmmakers set for release in 2018
Every theater-bound Hollywood studio film directed by black filmmakers set for release in 2018
Shadowandact.com currated a list of Hollywood films with black directors that are set to release in the upcoming year: “Film directors are still overwhelmingly white and male, according to a University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report published Thursday, January 5, 2018. Titled Inclusion in the Director’s Chair, the new year study analyzed 1,100 top-grossing […]