Ooooooh!!! I love this BUT SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT MISSING HERE! We must must must engage and connect wth the work of others, and in this caee, the COLOUR CONGRESS report is a MUST to link to this article. Color Congress are "an ecosystem-builder that is committed to organizations led by people of color that serve nonfiction filmmakers, leaders, and audiences of color across the United States and US islands. They are a membership organization that includes film festivals, artist support and narrative change entities, micro cinemas, filmmaker collectives, and public media. They serve by supporting, resourcing, connecting and championing organizations to build collective power". This article is great but misses out from including their powerful deeply researched voice.
Thanks for highlighting Color Congress, Judy! I'm a big fan and spoke with both Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver as part of my first 100 interviews. I'll provide more about and from them in subsequent chapters. I'm very happy to highlight their report here (https://www.colorcongressinitiative.org/poc-documentary-ecosystem) as well as Sahar's original report Beyond Inclusion that set the stage for creating Color Congress (https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/research-reports/beyond-inclusion/). They are best in class when it comes to weaving the ecosystem of support for filmmakers of color, as well as providing a compelling prototype for how to connect and support other networks of diverse artists and professionals who will be stronger and more effective together.
This is so good to note - and ofcourse I should have known this! But so important to highlight for readers and followers of this fab blog how important they were to your preliminary (and ongoing) research.
Thank you for this article, Sandy. It’s really troubling how independent voices are being squelched. And AI is getting increasingly out of our control.
Ooooooh!!! I love this BUT SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT MISSING HERE! We must must must engage and connect wth the work of others, and in this caee, the COLOUR CONGRESS report is a MUST to link to this article. Color Congress are "an ecosystem-builder that is committed to organizations led by people of color that serve nonfiction filmmakers, leaders, and audiences of color across the United States and US islands. They are a membership organization that includes film festivals, artist support and narrative change entities, micro cinemas, filmmaker collectives, and public media. They serve by supporting, resourcing, connecting and championing organizations to build collective power". This article is great but misses out from including their powerful deeply researched voice.
Thanks for highlighting Color Congress, Judy! I'm a big fan and spoke with both Sonya Childress and Sahar Driver as part of my first 100 interviews. I'll provide more about and from them in subsequent chapters. I'm very happy to highlight their report here (https://www.colorcongressinitiative.org/poc-documentary-ecosystem) as well as Sahar's original report Beyond Inclusion that set the stage for creating Color Congress (https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/learning/research-reports/beyond-inclusion/). They are best in class when it comes to weaving the ecosystem of support for filmmakers of color, as well as providing a compelling prototype for how to connect and support other networks of diverse artists and professionals who will be stronger and more effective together.
This is so good to note - and ofcourse I should have known this! But so important to highlight for readers and followers of this fab blog how important they were to your preliminary (and ongoing) research.
Judy, thanks so much for bringing them into the conversation now. You can never highlight Color Congress too much!
Thank you for this article, Sandy. It’s really troubling how independent voices are being squelched. And AI is getting increasingly out of our control.