{"id":160162,"date":"2022-02-25T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=160162"},"modified":"2022-02-25T13:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:14:50","slug":"lena-waithes-hillman-grad-productions-indeed-announce-winners-for-rising-voices-initiative-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/lena-waithes-hillman-grad-productions-indeed-announce-winners-for-rising-voices-initiative-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Waithe&#8217;s Hillman Grad Productions &amp; Indeed Announce Winners For Rising Voices Initiative Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indeed and Hillman Grad productions recently announced the 10 filmmaker teams selected for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/12\/lena-waithe-indeed-commit-3-million-to-bipoc-filmmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">season two<\/a> of <em>Indeed: Rising Voices. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partnership between Indeed and Lena Waithe&#8217;s banner &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillmangrad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillman Grad Productions<\/a> &#8211; <em>Indeed: Rising Voices <\/em>was created to uncover, invest in and share stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers across the US to tell diverse stories around the meaning of work, and the idea that jobs create opportunities and better lives for all. This season, each filmmaker will present their films at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribecafilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tribeca Film Festival\u00a0<\/a>in June 2022.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10 selected filmmaker teams are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cara Lawson&nbsp;<\/li><li>Gbenga Komolafe&nbsp;<\/li><li>Georgia Fu&nbsp;<\/li><li>Jalmer Caceres&nbsp;<\/li><li>Justin Floyd&nbsp;<\/li><li>Leon Cheo&nbsp;<\/li><li>Shanrica Evans&nbsp;<\/li><li>Tara Motamedi&nbsp;<\/li><li>Travis Wood&nbsp;<\/li><li>Urvashi Pathania&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Indeed&#8217;s Rising Voices not only levels the playing field for BIPOC creators in Hollywood by creating opportunities for individuals to be seen, heard and represented, but also empowers the next generation of storytellers, providing access to funding, on-site skill, career development and mentorship,&#8221; said\u00a0<strong>Lena Waithe<\/strong>. &#8220;Our continued mission at Hillman Grad Productions is to ensure that program mentees are truly set up for success as they continue to grow within their individual careers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Indeed&#8217;s mission is to help people get jobs. Season One of Rising Voices proved our belief that talent is universal but opportunity is not,&#8221;\u00a0<strong>said Indeed CEO Chris Hyams.<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;With Season Two, we are thrilled to bring 10 brilliant new voices to the story of the power of jobs to change lives.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We are excited about the selection of 10 more BIPOC filmmakers who will have the opportunity to share their stories through Indeed&#8217;s Rising Voices S2,&#8221;<strong>\u00a0said\u00a0LaFawn Davis, SVP, Environmental, Social &amp; Governance.\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Partnering with Hillman Grad, 271 Films and Tribeca to showcase their talent will give these filmmakers a leg up in a very competitive industry where opportunities like these are hard to come by.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This season, Indeed invested $3 million, tripling its initial investment from season one. This increased investment by Indeed will include the two below programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Rising Voices Season 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Executives from Hillman Grad Productions, Indeed, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/venture.land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ventureland<\/a>\u00a0selected 10 screenplays from 900\u00a0applicants. Each filmmaker was awarded a $10,000 writing and direction fee to create a short film (under 15 minutes), a $100,000 production budget, a dedicated line production crew through Hillman Grad and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/271films.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">271 Films<\/a>, and granted access to an additional COVID budget to ensure the safety of the cast and crew.\u00a0Mentors from Hillman Grad Productions will include: Calmatic (Grammy-Award winning Director,\u00a0<em>PRETTYBIRD<\/em>), Destin Daniel Cretton (Film Writer), Justin Chon (American Writer, Director, Actor and Filmmaker), Melina Matsoukas (Filmmaker, de la Revoluci\u00f3n Films), and Rayka Zehtabchi (Academy Award winning Iranian-American Film Director).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Production and Development Lab:\u00a0<\/strong>Indeed and Hillman Grad have launched a new Production and Development Lab (&#8220;The Lab&#8221;), a 12 month non-exclusive residency program featuring three of the Rising Voices 1 filmmakers: Chinese-American filmmaker\u00a0<strong>Johnson Cheng<\/strong>,\u00a0 Haitian filmmaker\u00a0<strong>Stacy Pascal Gaspard<\/strong>\u00a0and Dominican-born filmmaker\u00a0<strong>Gabriela Ortega<\/strong>. Modeled after Indeed&#8217;s incubator program, which funds new product ideas internally, Hillman Grad will work with the filmmakers to develop ideas and create content for Indeed.\u00a0 A $2 million production budget from Indeed has been allocated to The Lab, and Hillman Grad will provide production support. Each filmmaker is awarded $100,000 for their role as filmmaker in residence.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed and Hillman Grad productions recently announced the 10 filmmaker teams selected for season two of Indeed: Rising Voices. 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