ASU Sidney Poitier Film School Leaders Aim to Expand Educational Opportunities for a Changing Industry
variety.comBreAnna Bell Hollywood veterans Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Peter Murrieta are optimistic that “so much is possible” in the future as Hollywood and the entertainment industry at large expands by making room for more diverse stories and perspectives across the board.
Murrieta and Boone Isaacs spoke Thursday at an event to herald the recent launch of Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier New American Film School, a program that launched earlier this year in downtown Los Angeles in the famed former Los Angeles Herald Examiner building at Broadway and 11th streets.
Boone Isaacs is founding director of the Poitier school while Murrieta serves as deputy director and professor of practice, The two joined several other faculty members to discuss how Hollywood can grow its business and audience base by making strides on inclusion and representation during a panel on the future of film education.
Boone Isaacs and Murrieta emphasized the importance of film education being hands-on enough to set students up to hit the ground running in production jobs and related entry-level posts. “It’s not enough anymore to take a student from a high school, into a community college to try to pass the baton off to a four-year degree.
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