Daniel Dae Kim, Andra Day and Carla Gutierrez joined leaders from Gold House, the NAACP and Latinx House to discuss the specific challenges their respective communities face in the entertainment industry. They outlined the work that can be done to achieve greater inclusion in conversations hosted by Variety’s Angelique Jackson at the Sundance Film Festival as a part of Adobe’s Fireside Chats with Changemakers in Film.
Watch all three conversations below:
Andra Day and Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of NAACP Hollywood Bureau
“I’ve been hearing this thing in the past few years about no more slave stories, no more past and all this stuff, and no more Black pain porn. And I don’t like the term because I think it boils it down. I think in order for us to be fully represented and fully realized, we need both,” said actor and singer Andra Day...
Watch all three conversations below:
Andra Day and Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of NAACP Hollywood Bureau
“I’ve been hearing this thing in the past few years about no more slave stories, no more past and all this stuff, and no more Black pain porn. And I don’t like the term because I think it boils it down. I think in order for us to be fully represented and fully realized, we need both,” said actor and singer Andra Day...
- 1/23/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara, Caroline Brew and Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Adobe and the Adobe Foundation announced the first-ever Adobe Film & TV Fund committing $6M to support underrepresented creators and filmmakers in finding career opportunities in the film and TV industry. Through this new initiative, the company and Foundation aim to drive greater representation in the film industry by providing resources, community, and support to underrepresented creators on-screen and behind the camera.
The Film & TV Fund aims to address the inequity in funding and career and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. In the first year of the Fund, Adobe and the Adobe Foundation committed to $6M in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations with the goal of tracking inclusion in the industry and directly accelerating the careers of thousands of global creators, and ultimately increasing inclusion in film and TV series, that reach millions worldwide.
Adobe and the Adobe Foundation will...
The Film & TV Fund aims to address the inequity in funding and career and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. In the first year of the Fund, Adobe and the Adobe Foundation committed to $6M in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations with the goal of tracking inclusion in the industry and directly accelerating the careers of thousands of global creators, and ultimately increasing inclusion in film and TV series, that reach millions worldwide.
Adobe and the Adobe Foundation will...
- 1/16/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
IndieWire’s Sundance partner Adobe has big news for rising filmmakers: Today, January 16, Adobe and the Adobe Foundation announced the inaugural Adobe Film & TV Fund, aimed to support underrepresented creatives within the film industry.
Adobe has committed $6 million in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations to help creators and filmmakers find career opportunities in the film and TV industry. The initiative seeks to address the inequity in funding, career, and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. The fund marks an ongoing collaboration between Adobe, the Adobe Foundation, and a slew of global organizations, including Easterseals, Gold House, The Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute, and Yuvaa, to support representation in film and TV.
The fund will focus on providing fellowships and apprenticeships that offer direct, hands-on industry access through mentorships and networking with production houses, studios, and distributors to support filmmaking. The...
Adobe has committed $6 million in grants, contributions, and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations to help creators and filmmakers find career opportunities in the film and TV industry. The initiative seeks to address the inequity in funding, career, and training opportunities across multiple communities in the industry with grants, contributions, and fellowships. The fund marks an ongoing collaboration between Adobe, the Adobe Foundation, and a slew of global organizations, including Easterseals, Gold House, The Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute, and Yuvaa, to support representation in film and TV.
The fund will focus on providing fellowships and apprenticeships that offer direct, hands-on industry access through mentorships and networking with production houses, studios, and distributors to support filmmaking. The...
- 1/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Adobe Announces Inaugural Film & TV Fund, Committing $6 Million to Support Underrepresented Creators
Ahead of the Sundance Film Festival, Adobe and the Adobe Foundation have announced the creation of a Film & TV fund, committing $6 million to support underrepresented creators on-screen and behind the camera.
The inaugural fund aims to address the inequity in funding and career and training opportunities in the entertainment industry via grants, contributions, fellowships and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations with the goal of “tracking inclusion in the industry and directly accelerating the careers of thousands of global creators.”
“Diversity in front of and behind the camera is key to unlocking more diverse and more inclusive storytelling across TV and film,” said Stacy Martinet, VP Marketing Strategy and Communications, Adobe, and a member of the Adobe Foundation board, in a statement announcing the new fund. She added that Adobe is “looking to leverage its leadership position in the creative industry to unlock new opportunities for underrepresented creators.”
Adobe and the...
The inaugural fund aims to address the inequity in funding and career and training opportunities in the entertainment industry via grants, contributions, fellowships and Adobe Creative Cloud product donations with the goal of “tracking inclusion in the industry and directly accelerating the careers of thousands of global creators.”
“Diversity in front of and behind the camera is key to unlocking more diverse and more inclusive storytelling across TV and film,” said Stacy Martinet, VP Marketing Strategy and Communications, Adobe, and a member of the Adobe Foundation board, in a statement announcing the new fund. She added that Adobe is “looking to leverage its leadership position in the creative industry to unlock new opportunities for underrepresented creators.”
Adobe and the...
- 1/16/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Adobe and the Adobe Foundation are committing $6 million to launch a film and television fund to help underrepresented creators starting out in their careers.
The Adobe Film & TV Fund will support the work of existing nonprofits that serve historically excluded communities, with the inaugural cohort of grantees including Easterseals, Gold House, Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute and the India youth-focused Yuvaa. The goal is to help underwrite the organizations’ fellowships, apprenticeships, mentorships and other programs that offer hands-on industry exposure as well as helping them to directly finance the projects of their constituents.
“Diversity in front of and behind the camera is key to unlocking more diverse and more inclusive storytelling across TV and film,” Adobe vice president of marketing strategy and communications Stacy Martinet, who also is a member of the Adobe Foundation board, said in a statement. “Through our new Film & TV Fund, Adobe is looking to leverage...
The Adobe Film & TV Fund will support the work of existing nonprofits that serve historically excluded communities, with the inaugural cohort of grantees including Easterseals, Gold House, Latinx House, NAACP, Sundance Institute and the India youth-focused Yuvaa. The goal is to help underwrite the organizations’ fellowships, apprenticeships, mentorships and other programs that offer hands-on industry exposure as well as helping them to directly finance the projects of their constituents.
“Diversity in front of and behind the camera is key to unlocking more diverse and more inclusive storytelling across TV and film,” Adobe vice president of marketing strategy and communications Stacy Martinet, who also is a member of the Adobe Foundation board, said in a statement. “Through our new Film & TV Fund, Adobe is looking to leverage...
- 1/16/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Recent news reports suggest Paramount Global may be considering a sale of its cable channel BET. Further reports identify media moguls Tyler Perry, Byron Allen, Sean “Diddy” Combs and a partnership comprised of Shaquille O’Neil, 50 Cent, and Kenya Barris as prospective buyers of the platform, which was originally created to offer programing targeted toward Black viewers. Each of these potential suitors is more than worthy of the opportunity to helm such a significant portal of Black imagery. Still, a greater agenda raises additional considerations and a distinctive option for ownership.
Founded by Robert L. Johnson in 1980, BET has been a primary hub for Black-themed content since its inception. Johnson sold the cable channel to Viacom in 2001 for $3 billion, resulting in an infusion of capital and infrastructure expansion, to include the addition of BET+ and BET Her. The broadcast schedule is populated with original scripted and unscripted programming, as well as acquired off-net fare,...
Founded by Robert L. Johnson in 1980, BET has been a primary hub for Black-themed content since its inception. Johnson sold the cable channel to Viacom in 2001 for $3 billion, resulting in an infusion of capital and infrastructure expansion, to include the addition of BET+ and BET Her. The broadcast schedule is populated with original scripted and unscripted programming, as well as acquired off-net fare,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kyle Bowser
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Creator+, a next-generation content studio and distribution platform for digital-first storytellers and creators, has unveiled their inaugural class of emerging filmmakers for its ‘Flip the Script’ Short Film Fund.
Creator+ is a studio and distribution platform, whose goal is to empower the next generation of diverse creators to make impactful films and expand their careers. To that end, Creator+ is creating opportunities for these historically excluded storytellers, while embracing projects that explore the full dimension of the Bipoc experience.
Spearheaded by Forbes 30 Under 30 award-winning activist and Head of Diversity & Impact Development and Production Ben O’Keefe, the program will champion, fully fund, market and distribute six short films from emerging Bipoc creators, writers, directors and producers annually.
Each of these filmmakers will be working alongside an advisory council of world-class creatives, producers, showrunners and industry change agents fighting for increased diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. Mentors include The Kennedy/Marshall Company...
Creator+ is a studio and distribution platform, whose goal is to empower the next generation of diverse creators to make impactful films and expand their careers. To that end, Creator+ is creating opportunities for these historically excluded storytellers, while embracing projects that explore the full dimension of the Bipoc experience.
Spearheaded by Forbes 30 Under 30 award-winning activist and Head of Diversity & Impact Development and Production Ben O’Keefe, the program will champion, fully fund, market and distribute six short films from emerging Bipoc creators, writers, directors and producers annually.
Each of these filmmakers will be working alongside an advisory council of world-class creatives, producers, showrunners and industry change agents fighting for increased diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. Mentors include The Kennedy/Marshall Company...
- 4/28/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
A new report from the Hollywood Bureau of the NAACP has found that the scarcity of Black executives in Hollywood has led to a plethora of films and TV shows that “are harming the African American community,” and that the “absence of Black control of media has rendered the community vulnerable to a host of debilitating impressions, ranging from negligent disregard to deliberate degradation.”
The report, released Wednesday on the heels of last month’s NAACP Image Awards, was commissioned by the NAACP Hollywood Bureau in collaboration with Dr. Darnell Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA, and Mee (Motivational Educational Entertainment) Productions.
The report, titled “The Black Executive: A Partial Solution to the Psycho-Social Consequences of Media Distortion,” makes the case that “Black executives play a crucial role in leading the effort to accurately depict African-Americans in Hollywood storytelling.”
In the study, Hunt found that in 2020, 91% of film studio...
The report, released Wednesday on the heels of last month’s NAACP Image Awards, was commissioned by the NAACP Hollywood Bureau in collaboration with Dr. Darnell Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA, and Mee (Motivational Educational Entertainment) Productions.
The report, titled “The Black Executive: A Partial Solution to the Psycho-Social Consequences of Media Distortion,” makes the case that “Black executives play a crucial role in leading the effort to accurately depict African-Americans in Hollywood storytelling.”
In the study, Hunt found that in 2020, 91% of film studio...
- 3/9/2022
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association failed to attract any celebrities to announce the winners of this year’s Golden Globes, so the group has turned to its grant recipients for some help.
I can exclusively reveal that staff members of various non-profits supported by the HFPA have been enlisted as presenters for Sunday’s awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
“The grant recipients are being called to stage to present, but, before they get to the category, they get to speak about their organization,” a source said.
What follows is the traditional rolling out of a pre-produced package, announcing nominees before presenters are handed an envelope with the winners listed inside. Presenters were asked to participate early last week.
Also during Sunday’s program, Kyle Bowser, senior VP of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, will discuss the “Reimagine Coalition,” a joint five-year initiative announced in 2021 to increase diversity, equity and...
I can exclusively reveal that staff members of various non-profits supported by the HFPA have been enlisted as presenters for Sunday’s awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
“The grant recipients are being called to stage to present, but, before they get to the category, they get to speak about their organization,” a source said.
What follows is the traditional rolling out of a pre-produced package, announcing nominees before presenters are handed an envelope with the winners listed inside. Presenters were asked to participate early last week.
Also during Sunday’s program, Kyle Bowser, senior VP of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, will discuss the “Reimagine Coalition,” a joint five-year initiative announced in 2021 to increase diversity, equity and...
- 1/9/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The controversy-plagued Golden Globes looks set to return this weekend, but no one will see it online or otherwise.
“This year’s event is going to be a private event and will not be livestreamed,” an HFPA spokesperson told Deadline on Thursday. “We will be providing real-time updates on winners on the Golden Globes website and our social media.”
Full results from Sunday’s pared-down Globes will be announced via a press release after the approximately 90-minute ceremony is over, we hear.
The decision not to host an online version of the mini-Globes is actually not primarily related to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s multimillion-dollar and multi-year contract with NBC. A source at the Comcast-owned network tells us that NBC is not standing in the HFPA’s way over the livestream.
The HFPA is typically paid $60 million a year by NBC for rights to air the Globes.
“This year’s event is going to be a private event and will not be livestreamed,” an HFPA spokesperson told Deadline on Thursday. “We will be providing real-time updates on winners on the Golden Globes website and our social media.”
Full results from Sunday’s pared-down Globes will be announced via a press release after the approximately 90-minute ceremony is over, we hear.
The decision not to host an online version of the mini-Globes is actually not primarily related to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s multimillion-dollar and multi-year contract with NBC. A source at the Comcast-owned network tells us that NBC is not standing in the HFPA’s way over the livestream.
The HFPA is typically paid $60 million a year by NBC for rights to air the Globes.
- 1/6/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is moving ahead with the 2022 Golden Globe Awards this Sunday, January 9. The stripped-down event will take place at 6 p.m. Pt, with no audience or media invited to attend due to Covid-19 concerns as the industry contends with the ongoing omicron surge.
Select HFPA members and philanthropists will be in attendance as this year’s nominees are feted, and winners revealed. How the show will be circulated, whether via a live stream or on social media, has not been revealed yet.
“Over the past 25 years, the HFPA has donated $50 million to more than 70 entertainment-related charities, film restoration, scholarship programs and humanitarian efforts; incredibly impactful organizations, many of whom were hit hard over the last two years as a result of the pandemic,” the HFPA said in a statement.
The HFPA also plans to use the event as an opportunity to redress ongoing diversity concerns that have plagued the organization.
Select HFPA members and philanthropists will be in attendance as this year’s nominees are feted, and winners revealed. How the show will be circulated, whether via a live stream or on social media, has not been revealed yet.
“Over the past 25 years, the HFPA has donated $50 million to more than 70 entertainment-related charities, film restoration, scholarship programs and humanitarian efforts; incredibly impactful organizations, many of whom were hit hard over the last two years as a result of the pandemic,” the HFPA said in a statement.
The HFPA also plans to use the event as an opportunity to redress ongoing diversity concerns that have plagued the organization.
- 1/4/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Updated with more show details: The HFPA has confirmed some details about its Golden Globes Awards on Sunday. The group said there won’t be a red carpet or any media credentials for the show and that guests at the Beverly Hilton must be masked and socially distanced.
The besieged org also said that Kyle Bowser, SVP of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, will discuss the “Reimagine Coalition,” a joint five-year initiative with the HFPA announced in October to increase diversity, equity and inclusion across the global entertainment industry.
Previosuly, 12:55 Pm: Sunday’s pared-down and glamour-free 79th annual Golden Globes ceremony is still on — but in what form remains unknown.
Still hobbled by controversy and with no NBC broadcast this year, the HFPA and dick clark productions event is scrambling behind closed doors to figure out what actually will happen at the Beverly Hilton ballroom on January 9. As Variety reported today,...
The besieged org also said that Kyle Bowser, SVP of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau, will discuss the “Reimagine Coalition,” a joint five-year initiative with the HFPA announced in October to increase diversity, equity and inclusion across the global entertainment industry.
Previosuly, 12:55 Pm: Sunday’s pared-down and glamour-free 79th annual Golden Globes ceremony is still on — but in what form remains unknown.
Still hobbled by controversy and with no NBC broadcast this year, the HFPA and dick clark productions event is scrambling behind closed doors to figure out what actually will happen at the Beverly Hilton ballroom on January 9. As Variety reported today,...
- 1/4/2022
- by Dominic Patten and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has revealed its plans for how the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced on Sunday. The very stripped-down version event will still take place January 9, 2022, from the Beverly Hilton, but without the usual pomp and circumstance.
Instead, the event, which will take place at 6 p.m. Pt without food or drink, will center on announcing this year’s winners while also focusing on the HFPA’s philanthropy work. There will not be an audience, only select HFPA members and philanthropy grantees will be in the room. There will be no red carpet and media credential requests for the event will not be accepted, the org said.
The HFPA is still in the process of determining whether there will be a livestream or how winners will be announced on social media.
As Variety reported earlier today, the Globes talent booker that was sent to...
Instead, the event, which will take place at 6 p.m. Pt without food or drink, will center on announcing this year’s winners while also focusing on the HFPA’s philanthropy work. There will not be an audience, only select HFPA members and philanthropy grantees will be in the room. There will be no red carpet and media credential requests for the event will not be accepted, the org said.
The HFPA is still in the process of determining whether there will be a livestream or how winners will be announced on social media.
As Variety reported earlier today, the Globes talent booker that was sent to...
- 1/4/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
A group of executives and educators gathered at the American Film Market on Wednesday for a panel centered on the challenges of securing international distribution for Black-themed content.
The premise of the conversation, titled “International Film Market: Consumption of Black Culture, Rejection of Black Stories,” was that while aspects of Black culture like dance, music and fashion have been warmly embraced around the globe, Black stories brought to life through film and TV projects have not been similarly received, or allowed to flourish to a similar extent.
Kyle Bowser, who serves as SVP of the NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau, led the conversation digging into this phenomenon — and offering up some ideas on how to address it — noting the vital role foreign investment raised up front can play in ensuring a project gets greenlighted.
Panelist Johnny Jones, who serves as Warner Bros Pictures’ Executive Director of Worldwide Marketing Content, noted that...
The premise of the conversation, titled “International Film Market: Consumption of Black Culture, Rejection of Black Stories,” was that while aspects of Black culture like dance, music and fashion have been warmly embraced around the globe, Black stories brought to life through film and TV projects have not been similarly received, or allowed to flourish to a similar extent.
Kyle Bowser, who serves as SVP of the NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau, led the conversation digging into this phenomenon — and offering up some ideas on how to address it — noting the vital role foreign investment raised up front can play in ensuring a project gets greenlighted.
Panelist Johnny Jones, who serves as Warner Bros Pictures’ Executive Director of Worldwide Marketing Content, noted that...
- 11/3/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is continuing its reform efforts, announcing today a five-year partnership with the NAACP for what they’re calling the “Reimagine Coalition.” The embattled group behind the Golden Globe Awards says the move is a stepping stone to creating a more inclusive space in Hollywood.
Each year the HFPA and the NAACP Hollywood Bureau will collaborate on, fund and support a series of initiatives designed to ensure visibility of projects from artists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, increase diverse representation in the industry and build pathways to inclusion for young artists and journalists of color, the HFPA said.
“We have not only worked to reimagine our structure at the HFPA but also our role as an association — using our platform to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive industry,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement. “This collaboration is so much more than reform...
Each year the HFPA and the NAACP Hollywood Bureau will collaborate on, fund and support a series of initiatives designed to ensure visibility of projects from artists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, increase diverse representation in the industry and build pathways to inclusion for young artists and journalists of color, the HFPA said.
“We have not only worked to reimagine our structure at the HFPA but also our role as an association — using our platform to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive industry,” HFPA president Helen Hoehne said in a statement. “This collaboration is so much more than reform...
- 10/7/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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