Indeed, Lena Waithe & Hillman Grad Set Filmmakers For Third Cycle Of ‘Rising Voices’ Program
deadline.comIndeed, actor Lena Waithe and her company Hillman Grad, and 271 Films have named the filmmakers chosen to participate in the third season of their program, Rising Voices.
Those set for Rising Voices Season 3 are Ana Verde, Candace Ho, Hannah Bang, Jackie! Zhou, James Rogers III, Joey Xuetong Zhao, Justin Kim WooSŏk, Larry Owens, Maria Alvarez and Miguel Angel Caballero.
Through the program, created to uncover, invest in and share stories created by BIPOC filmmakers across the U.S., each will be given a production budget of up to $100,000 to create a short film that will go on to premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June.
The theme for this year’s films, The Future of Work, comes at a time of immense change within workplaces across the globe, in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
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