The nonprofit Ghetto Film School has announced that Abby Pucker, director of strategic initiatives and partnerships at Madison Wells, has joined their board.
Ghetto Film School (Gfs) was founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great American storytellers. It has locations in New York City, Los Angeles and London.
Pucker’s addition to the board marks the culmination of her sustained efforts to promote Ghetto Film School and its students. In November, Pucker helped organize The Melissa Rucker Fellows Fund, which raised over $80,000 to cover the cost of the 3-year Ghetto Film School Fellows Program for two students.
Pucker’s career experiences span across the intersection of tech, media, and culture. In her current role at independent entertainment company Madison Wells, Pucker leads all efforts to craft the company’s overall strategy. She is in charge of creating and implementing the framework for the company to promote and empower diverse voices.
Ghetto Film School (Gfs) was founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great American storytellers. It has locations in New York City, Los Angeles and London.
Pucker’s addition to the board marks the culmination of her sustained efforts to promote Ghetto Film School and its students. In November, Pucker helped organize The Melissa Rucker Fellows Fund, which raised over $80,000 to cover the cost of the 3-year Ghetto Film School Fellows Program for two students.
Pucker’s career experiences span across the intersection of tech, media, and culture. In her current role at independent entertainment company Madison Wells, Pucker leads all efforts to craft the company’s overall strategy. She is in charge of creating and implementing the framework for the company to promote and empower diverse voices.
- 2/12/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
“Queen & Slim” filmmaker and “Insecure” executive producer and director Melina Matsoukas is paying it forward, bringing her extensive filmmaking expertise to the youth and joining Ghetto Film School’s Board of Directors.
“In my career I’ve had two guiding ambitions, one is to tell the stories of underrepresented people in ways that expand our collective consciousness and the other is to find all the ways I can help young artists and filmmakers tell their own stories in their own voices,” Matsoukas said in a statement. “I’m honored to join the board of Ghetto Film School, an organization I’ve long admired, and to work with them in expanding access to film education and fostering young talent.”
Matsoukas is also a two-time Grammy-winning music video director, collecting trophies for Beyonce’s “Formation” and Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ “We Found Love.”
In joining Ghetto Film School’s leadership team,...
“In my career I’ve had two guiding ambitions, one is to tell the stories of underrepresented people in ways that expand our collective consciousness and the other is to find all the ways I can help young artists and filmmakers tell their own stories in their own voices,” Matsoukas said in a statement. “I’m honored to join the board of Ghetto Film School, an organization I’ve long admired, and to work with them in expanding access to film education and fostering young talent.”
Matsoukas is also a two-time Grammy-winning music video director, collecting trophies for Beyonce’s “Formation” and Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ “We Found Love.”
In joining Ghetto Film School’s leadership team,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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