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Producer-Director Jennifer Holness’ ‘Subjects of Desire’ Opens Doors to New Doc Projects (EXCLUSIVE) Variety 7 hrs ago
Known as a producer of award-winning Canadian documentary and narrative films, a showrunner and, more recently, as the cofounder of Canada’s newly minted Black Screen Office, Jennifer Holness is chatting up her feature-doc directorial debut, “Subjects of Desire,” this week at Hot Docs where it screens in Special Presentations.
In an interview with
Variety before her industry conference Masterclass (now available on-demand to festival attendees), Holness confirmed that negotiations are underway with a U.S. premium cable and satellite television network, with an offer on the table for the film. (Bell Media’s streamer Crave is the Canadian digital broadcaster, TVO the TV broadcaster.)
The goal is to understand how underrepresented communities want to be seen and represented and then provide a set of directives to the industry.
Interviews will be conducted through virtual focus groups and one-on-one conversations in English and French through September. Participants will be focused on industry representatives and members of the general public who belong to underrepresented communities.
The Black Screen Office was formed last year with a $100,000 pledge from Telefilm Canada, and support from the Bell Fund, as part of a plan to address systemic racism in Canada s film industry.
The office says the Being Seen consultation will offer directives to Canadian film and TV creators on ways to work with culturally sensitive content, identify when a story is theirs to tell and create content that avoids stereotypes.
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 4:39 pm ADT
TORONTO The newly formed Black Screen Office says consultations begin this month on efforts to build a “best practices” guide for telling the stories of underrepresented communities.
The office says “Being Seen: A Directive for Authentic and Inclusive Content” will seek national input on the representation of “Black, people of colour, LGBTQ2+ and persons with disabilities” in film and television.
The goal is to understand how underrepresented communities “want to be seen and represented and then provide a set of directives to the industry.”
Interviews will be conducted through virtual focus groups and one-on-one conversations in English and French through September. Participants will be focused on industry representatives and members of the general public who belong to underrepresented communities.
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Let’s not lie to ourselves: There is something distinctly sad about celebrating the second virtual-only National Canadian Film Day.
When Reel Canada, the non-profit organization behind NCFD, was forced to go digital for its seventh edition last spring instead of the 1,000 real-deal screenings it had planned, I was expecting the move to strictly be a one-off. Yet here we are, celebrating the eighth annual NCFD April 21 once again in a virtual fashion, and with no firm guarantee that next year will be any different.