Grant money will be eligible for underrepresented creators to fund their first movies
Brian Welk | June 2, 2021 @ 7:30 AM
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Ava DuVernay’s Array and Google are partnering to award $500,000 in grant money to help an underrepresented artist or creator in making their debut feature film.
The half a million dollar Array + Google Feature Film Grant is meant to build a more equitable and inclusive artistic community of diverse storytellers and hopes to amplify the work of women and people of color. The partnership was brokered by UTA Marketing.
The recipient of the grant and a mentorship opportunity will be selected by people within the indie film community, including Gabrielle Glore (Urbanworld, festival director & head of programming), Francis Cullado (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, executive director for visual communications media), Crystal Echo Hawk (IllumiNative, founder and executive director), María Rauqel Bozzi (senior director of education & interna
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