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Issa Rae’s Hoorae media banner and Walmart are partnering for a new program to incubate emerging Black talent to become next-generation content creators.
Rae, co-creator and star of Insecure, is spearheading the inaugural Black & Unlimited Digital Development program to offer next-generation Black content creators courses and mentorship with top industry professionals.
“Hoorae is proud to partner with Walmart to support Black creators as they share their content with new audiences. With the support of the Black & Unlimited Digital Development initiative, the selected creators will expand their brands and develop their voices in our underrepresented industry,” Rae said in a statement.
The initial nine creators in the first Black & Unlimited Digital Development class will also receive a 10,000 stipend “to offset pay inequities traditionally experienced by Black creators and help them focus on limitless discovery and creation,” according to the program.
D.J. Vaughn,...
Issa Rae’s Hoorae media banner and Walmart are partnering for a new program to incubate emerging Black talent to become next-generation content creators.
Rae, co-creator and star of Insecure, is spearheading the inaugural Black & Unlimited Digital Development program to offer next-generation Black content creators courses and mentorship with top industry professionals.
“Hoorae is proud to partner with Walmart to support Black creators as they share their content with new audiences. With the support of the Black & Unlimited Digital Development initiative, the selected creators will expand their brands and develop their voices in our underrepresented industry,” Rae said in a statement.
The initial nine creators in the first Black & Unlimited Digital Development class will also receive a 10,000 stipend “to offset pay inequities traditionally experienced by Black creators and help them focus on limitless discovery and creation,” according to the program.
D.J. Vaughn,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review of “Summertime” was first published at its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Like a kinetic ode, Carlos López Estrada’s sophomore feature “Summertime” reverberates with the vitality of 25 young co-authors, each of them a poet whose earnest verses piece together a stirring celebration of the city of Los Angeles, and even more so of its people.
Born of the director’s mind-blowing interaction with a workshop where performers from across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts, the project was structured so that their voices could individually shine as well as coalesce in the context of a larger, unified, and gloriously moving narrative experiment — part urban musical and part sociological art.
As we jump from one gifted rhymester to the next, and from one part of town to another distinct landscape, fiercely empowered Tyris (Tyris Winter), an LGBTQ African American teenager fed up with the accepted...
Like a kinetic ode, Carlos López Estrada’s sophomore feature “Summertime” reverberates with the vitality of 25 young co-authors, each of them a poet whose earnest verses piece together a stirring celebration of the city of Los Angeles, and even more so of its people.
Born of the director’s mind-blowing interaction with a workshop where performers from across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts, the project was structured so that their voices could individually shine as well as coalesce in the context of a larger, unified, and gloriously moving narrative experiment — part urban musical and part sociological art.
As we jump from one gifted rhymester to the next, and from one part of town to another distinct landscape, fiercely empowered Tyris (Tyris Winter), an LGBTQ African American teenager fed up with the accepted...
- 7/7/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
NAACP Image Award winner Michaela Coel and Academy Award nominee Andra Day will be honored at the five-day 2021 Outfest Fusion Qtbipoc Film Festival next week.
Coel, known best for creating and starring in “Chewing Gum” and “I May Destroy You,” will be acknowledged with the Fusion Achievement Award; Day, the star of Lee Daniels’ biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” will be presented with the James Schamus Ally Award.
“Coel’s work in ‘Chewing Gum,’ ‘I May Destroy You,’ and more portrays complex characters who have helped open the door for more empathetic conversations about the issues facing members of this Qtbipoc community,” said festival executive director Damien Navarro, in a statement.
Past recipients of the Fusion Achievement Award include Nisha Ganatra, Angela Robinson, Rose Troche, Wilson Cruz, Alec Mapa, Patrik-Ian Polk, Cheryl Dunye, Brickson Diamond and Rikki Beadle-Blair.
“Outfest Fusion believes that honoring one of the most incredible,...
Coel, known best for creating and starring in “Chewing Gum” and “I May Destroy You,” will be acknowledged with the Fusion Achievement Award; Day, the star of Lee Daniels’ biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” will be presented with the James Schamus Ally Award.
“Coel’s work in ‘Chewing Gum,’ ‘I May Destroy You,’ and more portrays complex characters who have helped open the door for more empathetic conversations about the issues facing members of this Qtbipoc community,” said festival executive director Damien Navarro, in a statement.
Past recipients of the Fusion Achievement Award include Nisha Ganatra, Angela Robinson, Rose Troche, Wilson Cruz, Alec Mapa, Patrik-Ian Polk, Cheryl Dunye, Brickson Diamond and Rikki Beadle-Blair.
“Outfest Fusion believes that honoring one of the most incredible,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
The 2021 Outfest Fusion Qtbipoc Film Festival is set to honor I May Destroy You icon Michaela Coel with the Fusion Achievement Award while The United States Vs. Billie Holiday star and Oscar nominee Andra Day will be honored with the James Schamus Ally Award on April 17. The hybrid fest will take place April 16-20.
The Fusion Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to Lgbtqia+ stories, arts, and media visibility, will honor Coel’s body of work. She is in good company as previous recipients of the honor include Nisha Ganatra, Angela Robinson, Rose Troche, Wilson Cruz, Alec Mapa, Patrik-Ian Polk, Cheryl Dunye, Brickson Diamond, and Rikki Beadle-Blair.
“Coel’s work in Chewing Gum, I May Destroy You, and more portray complex characters who have helped open the door for more empathetic conversations about the issues facing...
The Fusion Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to Lgbtqia+ stories, arts, and media visibility, will honor Coel’s body of work. She is in good company as previous recipients of the honor include Nisha Ganatra, Angela Robinson, Rose Troche, Wilson Cruz, Alec Mapa, Patrik-Ian Polk, Cheryl Dunye, Brickson Diamond, and Rikki Beadle-Blair.
“Coel’s work in Chewing Gum, I May Destroy You, and more portray complex characters who have helped open the door for more empathetic conversations about the issues facing...
- 4/7/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles-based Lgbtqia+ organization Outfest is set to empower even more queer storytellers wtih the 2021 Outfest Fusion Qtbipoc Film Festival. The hybrid fest will take place April 16-20.
This year’s fest will include 10 feature films, 41 short films, a One-Minute Movie Contest, two drive-in experiences at Exposition Park, and a dozen workshops and panels which will be open to the public.
Now in its 18th year, Outfest Fusion showcases the work of queer and trans filmmakers of color, providing the audiences and storytellers with the critical visibility that is needed to build careers, opportunities, and empathy for Lgbtqia+ stories.
“Outfest Fusion facilitates an environment where Qtbipoc people are able to learn, teach, showcase their talent, and feel validated, bridging the gap between the industry’s gatekeepers and so many marginalized people who are typically left out of the conversation,” said Outfest Executive Director,...
This year’s fest will include 10 feature films, 41 short films, a One-Minute Movie Contest, two drive-in experiences at Exposition Park, and a dozen workshops and panels which will be open to the public.
Now in its 18th year, Outfest Fusion showcases the work of queer and trans filmmakers of color, providing the audiences and storytellers with the critical visibility that is needed to build careers, opportunities, and empathy for Lgbtqia+ stories.
“Outfest Fusion facilitates an environment where Qtbipoc people are able to learn, teach, showcase their talent, and feel validated, bridging the gap between the industry’s gatekeepers and so many marginalized people who are typically left out of the conversation,” said Outfest Executive Director,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
“Summertime” is the sophomore feature by Carlos López Estrada. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was funded by the Los Angeles Media Fund. It stars 25 members of the Los Angeles poetry organization Get Lit.
Summertime is streaming on Sf Indiefest
“Summertime” follows the lives of several underprivileged angelenos in the span of a single day. We witness them eating and searching for a specific burger chain, visiting therapists and councillors, hustling in the rap game, and battling their demons, all of it delivered by a group of young poets from LA in a way reminiscent of a musical but using slam poetry instead of song.
Had Carlos Lopez focused only on taking the conventions of musicals such as “La La Land” and subverting them using poetry instead of song, “Summertime” would’ve been a much more coherent film. Instead, he tries to make an inspirational hyperlink film which...
Summertime is streaming on Sf Indiefest
“Summertime” follows the lives of several underprivileged angelenos in the span of a single day. We witness them eating and searching for a specific burger chain, visiting therapists and councillors, hustling in the rap game, and battling their demons, all of it delivered by a group of young poets from LA in a way reminiscent of a musical but using slam poetry instead of song.
Had Carlos Lopez focused only on taking the conventions of musicals such as “La La Land” and subverting them using poetry instead of song, “Summertime” would’ve been a much more coherent film. Instead, he tries to make an inspirational hyperlink film which...
- 2/5/2021
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
"Have you forgotten where we are!?" Good Deed Ent. has released an official trailer for Summertime, one of the Opening Night films at last year's Sundance Film Festival. This ensemble piece features poetry and performances by 25 young Angelenos, in stories that intersect and intertwine as they make their way around the city. Born of the director's mind-blowing interaction with a workshop where performers from across the City of Angels recited fearlessly personal texts, the project was structured so that their voices could shine as well as coalesce in the context of a larger, unified, and gloriously moving narrative experiment — part urban musical and part sociological art. It is a showcase of young spoken word artists directed by Blindspotting's Carlos López Estrada, who carefully brings together their voices in one vibrant feature film. Starring Tyris Winter, Marquesha Babers, Maia Mayor, Austin Antoine, Bryce Banks, Amaya Blankenship, Bene't Benton, Gordon Ip,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s a bold move to follow up a festival favorite indie film from a couple of years back with a Los Angeles-set series of vignettes punctuated by poetry. Such is the case with director Carlos López Estrada’s sophomore effort Summertime. The young filmmaker turned heads with the provocative Blindspotting at Sundance 2018. He aims at something similar here, though with a decidedly different spin.
Set in Los Angeles, the film takes place over one long summer day as twenty-five separate young people quite literally wax poetic about their hopes, dreams, fears, and passions. A bit cringe-inducing at the start, all involved find their stride quickly enough. In one particular scene–a poetry battle set in a couple’s therapy session–Summertime gets lighter and a bit more engaging.
Similarly, the film charts the rise of a hip-hop duo called Anewbyss (Bryce Banks) and Rah (Austin Antoine) to some breezy comic effect.
Set in Los Angeles, the film takes place over one long summer day as twenty-five separate young people quite literally wax poetic about their hopes, dreams, fears, and passions. A bit cringe-inducing at the start, all involved find their stride quickly enough. In one particular scene–a poetry battle set in a couple’s therapy session–Summertime gets lighter and a bit more engaging.
Similarly, the film charts the rise of a hip-hop duo called Anewbyss (Bryce Banks) and Rah (Austin Antoine) to some breezy comic effect.
- 1/24/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
“Use your words.” I remember one of my sheroes saying that to a stammering 4-year-old decades ago. Here was a woman who’d dedicated her life to preschool education, whom I assisted for several summers, trying to get through to a tongue-tied little boy. The more he sputtered, the more upset he got, unable to express what was frustrating him. That’s not unusual with young children, but his teacher knew just how to handle the situation, calmly telling the child to channel his emotions into language, so the rest of us might understand.
That simple life lesson — that one can’t properly address a problem until it’s been put into words — resurfaced for me watching “Summertime,” an upbeat, feature-length poetry slam that just might be the most inspirational movie to hit the indie circuit this year. A lo-fi, high-ingenuity collaborative endeavor between “Blindspotting” director Carlos Lopéz Estrada and...
That simple life lesson — that one can’t properly address a problem until it’s been put into words — resurfaced for me watching “Summertime,” an upbeat, feature-length poetry slam that just might be the most inspirational movie to hit the indie circuit this year. A lo-fi, high-ingenuity collaborative endeavor between “Blindspotting” director Carlos Lopéz Estrada and...
- 1/24/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
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