Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani's Hillman Grad Productions has selected the new class of 22 emerging filmmakers for its Mentorship Lab program. Spearheaded by Executive Director Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright, and Senior Advisor Justin Riley, the program provide...
Pillars Fund, Riz Ahmed, and Left Handed Films have selected the inaugural cohort of the Pillars Artist Fellowship, The selected fellows include 10 emerging Muslim directors and writers, seven from the U.S. and three from the U.K. The 2022 Pillars Artist Fellows...
Kacey Musgraves will receive the Vanguard Award for LGBTQ Allyship at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards. The six-time Grammy Award-winning singer will join previous honorees like Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Cher, and Elizabeth Taylor. Her song “Follow...
Film Independent presented the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony IN PERSON on the beach in Santa Monica on Sunday and it was a grand ol' time with some incredible wins. Hosted by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, the ceremony was a big night for the...
HBO Max and WarnerMedia OneFifty has partnered with six film festivals across the country to expand their annual Latino Short Film Competition. Submissions are open today through May 2. The restructuring of the new Latino Short Film Competition presented by HBO Max...
UPDATED: We re-tooled DIASPORA Bulletin and decided to do a relaunch of this virtual community board -- and now soapbox for you to spread the word on awesome projects and say what you mean and mean what you say about what is going on in the world of TV, film and...
The 53rd NAACP Image Awards concluded with a live broadcast hosted by Anthony Anderson. The ceremony also featured appearances by Mary J. Blige, Kerry Washington, Lil Nas X, LL Cool J, Megan Thee Stallion, Michael Strahan, Morgan Freeman, Regina King, Paula Patton,...
Indeed and Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions has selected its 10 filmmakers to participate in Raising Voices Season 2. The Raising Voices program was created to invest in BIPOC filmmakers and storytellers around the singular theme of work, and the idea that...
The NAACP partnered with Warner Bros. Television Group to create a scholarship inspired by The CW series All American: Homecoming. The Grand Slam Scholarship was announced at a panel hosted by the African American Film Critics Association and will grant $10,000 to...
