'Because we believe in them and we see the work, we're hoping that other people will want to give them opportunities too.'
program, an initiative that"aims to discover, invest in, and share stories created by BIPOC filmmakers & storytellers around the power and meaning of work."
In partnership with 271 Films, Waithe's production company, Hillman Grad, selects 10 filmmakers to award a $100,000 production budget. Those filmmakers produce a short film, with access to mentorship and support from the advisory panel, and premiere their films at the 2023 Tribeca Festival in New York. After the program's conclusion, Indeed invests in marketing and support for the finished films' distribution, along with the festival debut.
"It is probably one of the most intense programs we do because they have such a short period of time, but that's what's exciting. It creates opportunities," Waithe told ET."Deondray and Quincy [LeNear Gossfield], who were part of our first year of Rising Voices, are currently producing directors on s sixth season. So this is really an entry point and it's becoming a way for people to show what they got.
The creator and actor shared that having the Rising Voices program as a stepping stone is meant to give diverse creators a place to cut their teeth and the production companies involved aren't afraid to give the creatives their first work out of the program."Because we believe in them and we see the work, we're hoping that other people will want to give them opportunities too. So for us, that's really why we wanted to do it," she added.
"We can never be diverse enough until everybody's story is being told and it's very clear that's not happening yet," she went on. "We definitely have a lot more stories that are coming out that we haven't seen. Look at films like
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