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Boosting Indigenous creativity A COVID-19 relief fund helps Indigenous actors, artists persevere and represent tribal nations in TV and film Author: May 25, 2021 Noah Watts, Crow, works on motion capture content for Assassin’s Creed 3, a video game for which he’s widely known as the voice of the character Ratonhnhaké:ton. (Photo courtesy of Noah Watts) A COVID-19 relief fund helps Indigenous actors, artists persevere and represent tribal nations in TV and film Gianluca D’Elia ASU Cronkite Before the pandemic swept through the American film industry, Noah Watts was booking concerts for ...

Burger King is at the center of a major controversy over offensive and sexist messaging that has people furious and calling for boycotts.

DUBAI: On International Women’s Day, Netflix is investing in the next generation of storytellers by pledging $5 million globally toward programs that help identify, train and provide work placements for female talent around the world. The investment is part of Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity, which was announced last week. The fund will see the company investing $20 million a year for the next five years in building more inclusive pipelines behind the camera. It is aimed at increasing the equality of women on and off-screen. Through partnerships with local third parties and custom prog...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Realscreen has put together some of our most recent interviews with and stories about female filmmakers and recently announced industry initiatives aimed at women creators. The film and television business as a whole has had a lot of catching up to do when it comes to gender parity behind the camera. According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, in 2020 percentages of behind-the-scenes women working on the top 100 and 250 (U.S. domestic) grossing films comprised 21% of all directors, writers, producers, executive produce...

Former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne said the Defence Minister refused to look at evidence after being told of alleged misconduct by then-chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance