Sundance Labs: 20 Up-and-Coming Directors and Screenwriters Named for 2021 Fellowship
Signature workshops include 12 fellows for directors and screenwriters labs and nine fellows cultivating Native artists
Diane Haithman | May 10, 2021 @ 2:55 PM
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The Sundance Institute named on Monday the artists and projects for the first group of its upcoming summer labs. The group includes 12 fellows for the directors and screenwriters labs and nine artists participating in the Native and Indigenous lab which focuses on the development of storytellers from those backgrounds through feature film, episodic work and other pursuits. One artist will participate in both labs.
Elements of this year’s labs will take place digitally via Sundance Collab.
New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative
New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multi-hyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Through this inaugural program, NYSAF will offer direct support to these artists – each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused on the needs of new and expanded forms of storytelling that resonate with our time.
In order to increase access to the program and respond to the ideas of a broad range of storytellers, these 20 participants were recommended by 14 leading artists of stage and film for their accomplishments in exploring new forms of storytelling. The leading artists selection committee includes Ayad Akhtar, César Alvarez, Luis Castro, Elsie Choi, Marcus Ga
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I didn t choose to stop. It was a cycle, my own metamorphosis from Eating like a Bird, It s Really a Falsity, Volume 61, Issue 4 (Winter 2020)
Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
I have found “poems” that I wrote at six years old, specifically one titled “The Rose.” It was of course a far cry from what I write now, but is still indicative of how I’ve always used poetry as my best, most natural form of communication. I also recall writing poems during my undergraduate poetry course days about typical 20-something angsty things such as one night stands and abortions. However, it was the poem about the death of my father when I was in my early twenties that was probably my first decent poem. It is included in one of my collections, but I can’t for the life of me recall which one.
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