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Ava DuVernay’s Array Partners With Google to Create $500,000 Film Grant for Black Creatives The award-winning are production company will provide funds to an up-and-coming filmmaker. It can be said that Ava DuVernay is only doing what the Creator ordained her to do. After showing a sneak peek at her new CW show, Naomi, and speaking out in support of Naomi Osaka—DuVernay’s Array has announced a partnership with Google to create a new $500,000 feature film grant for rising creatives from historically underrepresented communities. According to Variety, the endowment is referred to as The ...

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images 3 Jun 2021 Trump bashing Hollywood director Ava DuVernay’s film focused advocacy group Array is teaming up with Google to create a $500,000 feature film grant for creatives who hail from what they call “underrepresented communities.” The endowment, which is known as The Array + Google Feature Film Grant, will allocate funds so that the recipient will be able to produce his or her first full-length feature, according to a report by Deadline. “Having started my filmmaking journey by self-funding projects, this is a full-circle moment,” DuVernay said. �...

Grant money will be eligible for underrepresented creators to fund their first movies Brian Welk | June 2, 2021 @ 7:30 AM Getty Images Ava DuVernay’s Array and Google are partnering to award $500,000 in grant money to help an underrepresented artist or creator in making their debut feature film. The half a million dollar Array + Google Feature Film Grant is meant to build a more equitable and inclusive artistic community of diverse storytellers and hopes to amplify the work of women and people of color. The partnership was brokered by UTA Marketing. The recipient of the grant and a mentor...

Ava DuVernay hopes to smooth the path for the next woman or person of color with a $500,000 filmmaking grant offered in partnership with GoogleGOOG. The grant is designed to finance the recipient’s first feature-length film, and, in the process, help foster a diverse community of storytellers.

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Dee Tuck has heard all the excuses. “I want to hire more women, but I just don't know where they are.” Yep. “I want to hire more people of color, I just don't know anybody.” That too. She's been working in tech for more than a decade and has often been the only Black female engineer on her team. She has reviewed company hiring practices and pointed out that “maybe you're weeding out a lot of people who can't code with eight non-people-of-color watching them on Zoom.” Tuck doesn't want to hear the excuses anymore.