by Team Diaspora | Mar 16, 2022 | Culture, Media, News
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...
by Ile-Ife Okantah | Feb 24, 2022 | News
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 jobs...
by Team Diaspora | Jan 27, 2022 | Media, News
Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani’s production company Hillman Grad Productions has announced that it has opened submissions for the second The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. The initiative aligns with Hillman’s commitment to creating art that disrupts the status...
by Ile-Ife Okantah | Dec 7, 2021 | Culture, News
Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions has continued its partnership with the popular job site Indeed. The companies created the Rising Voices initiative, whose inaugural “season” began in February, to invest in BIPOC filmmakers and storytellers around the singular...
by Team Diaspora | Apr 21, 2021 | TV
The wait is over. Master of None is coming back to Netflix — and it’s gonna take a different route. It’s been four years since the second season of Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s comedy. Now, after a delay — and some unfortunate speed bumps...