This week, ARRAY announced a partnership with Google to offer emerging creatives from historically underrepresented communities with the opportunity to apply for a career-changing $500,000 feature film grant. ARRAY is a grassroots distribution, arts and advocacy collective focused on amplifying work by people of color and women, founded by acclaimed director Ava DuVernay. The ARRAY + Google Feature Film Grant, which will provide funds to produce the recipient’s first full-length feature film, was instituted as a way to help build a more equitable and inclusive artistic community of diverse storytellers.
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ARRAY & Google Offering Grant for Underrepresented Creatives
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ARRAY, Ava DuVernay’s film collective, has partnered with Google to offer emerging creatives from historically underrepresented communities the chance to apply for a $500,000 grant.
The ARRAY + Google Feature Film Grant will provide funds to produce the recipient’s first full-length feature film. It was launched as a way to help build a more equitable and inclusive artistic community of diverse storytellers.
The recipient of this mentorship and filmmaking opportunity will be selected by an advisory committee that includes Gabrielle Glore (Urbanworld, festival director and 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 and international initiatives at Film Independent) and Smriti Kiran (art
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
Ava DuVernay hopes to smooth the path for the next woman or person of color with a $500,000 filmmaking grant offered in partnership with GoogleGOOG. The grant is designed to finance the recipient’s first feature-length film, and, in the process, help foster a diverse community of storytellers.
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