The Islamic Scholarship Fund will launch its inaugural Muslim Centered Writers’ Lab. The organization says the initiative is designed to give more opportunities to Muslim screenwriters to be at the center of their stories. It will take place from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, 2022, and was made possible with support from Extracurricular and The Black List. The fund’s leadership says it is undertaking the lab because there is a correlation between how Muslims are represented on the screen and how they are perceived in public.
“Media representation is integral to helping reduce stereotypes and marginalization that so many communities face,” said Executive Director Somayeh Nikooei. “Specifically for American Muslim youth, it offers them the chance to see themselves and their community on the big screen in a nuanced and empowering light.”
The three-day lab will offer workshops that will instruct participants in the art of everything from writing a script through pitching it to studios.
“Media representation is integral to helping reduce stereotypes and marginalization that so many communities face,” said Executive Director Somayeh Nikooei. “Specifically for American Muslim youth, it offers them the chance to see themselves and their community on the big screen in a nuanced and empowering light.”
The three-day lab will offer workshops that will instruct participants in the art of everything from writing a script through pitching it to studios.
- 9/28/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Talk show reunions, heartland justice, stateside backlash to the 1970s Iranian hostage crisis, and faith vs a child’s transgender identity are among the stories that make up the second annual Muslim List.
The collaboration between The Black List, the Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood Bureau and Pillars Fund has once again selected 10 writers out of the hundreds of submission received for this latest apportionment. The deadline for the second Muslim List was February 28.
First announced back in September 2020, the List aims to amplify the depth and range of voices and perspectives of Muslim scribes and storytellers on both the big and small screen. So, producers, agents and A-listers, see the full list of the 2022 coterie below.
“I said last year that it was an honor to partner with both Mpac and Pillars Fund and it’s doubly so this year,” stated Black List boss Franklin Leonard today. “These...
The collaboration between The Black List, the Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood Bureau and Pillars Fund has once again selected 10 writers out of the hundreds of submission received for this latest apportionment. The deadline for the second Muslim List was February 28.
First announced back in September 2020, the List aims to amplify the depth and range of voices and perspectives of Muslim scribes and storytellers on both the big and small screen. So, producers, agents and A-listers, see the full list of the 2022 coterie below.
“I said last year that it was an honor to partner with both Mpac and Pillars Fund and it’s doubly so this year,” stated Black List boss Franklin Leonard today. “These...
- 7/26/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Production for the short films chosen for the AT&T Filmmaker Mentorship Program are underway and Rob Morgan, Dascha Polanco and Loretta Devine have joined two of the films.
With Emmy winner Lena Waithe as the lead mentor and with the support of Waithe’s producing partner Rishi Rajani, AT&T Hello Lab, and Fullscreen, the program discovers, incubates and empowers emerging filmmakers from underrepresented communities to evolve their work, grow their audience and provide national distribution on platforms such as Directv and Directvnow.
Waithe hand-picked the five shorts from up and coming creators and storytellers. The films represent a range of diverse identities including Lgbtq+, women, communities of color and more. The chosen mentees had access to industry advisors, studio and production company executives, agents and casting directors. They received advice on pitching,...
With Emmy winner Lena Waithe as the lead mentor and with the support of Waithe’s producing partner Rishi Rajani, AT&T Hello Lab, and Fullscreen, the program discovers, incubates and empowers emerging filmmakers from underrepresented communities to evolve their work, grow their audience and provide national distribution on platforms such as Directv and Directvnow.
Waithe hand-picked the five shorts from up and coming creators and storytellers. The films represent a range of diverse identities including Lgbtq+, women, communities of color and more. The chosen mentees had access to industry advisors, studio and production company executives, agents and casting directors. They received advice on pitching,...
- 9/10/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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