High-profile studio Television City has pledged a $1-million endowment to improve diversity in the entertainment industry by training Black students and other young people from underrepresented communities so they can work behind the camera.
Television City also pledged another $1 million to support the recovery of the Fairfax district around Television City from hardships related to the coronavirus outbreak that saw the closure of most businesses as well as property damage caused during recent civil unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed while in police custody in Minneapolis.
The organization, which has yet to be named, will work with local schools, production studios and content creators to provide scholarships, financial aid and other resources to help bridge the gap between learning about the business and entering it.The goal is to help counter systemic racism in American culture that creates economic disadvantages, he said.
“We think if we work together we can create an endowment that a lot of people would contribute to,” he said, and communally address a different industry problem a century later.Hackman pledged the participation of MBS Services, which provides resources for content creation such as lighting and grip equipment for the owners of 35 studios and more than 300 soundstages in television and film production markets around the world.
dannny_ella It will always be about connections in the entertainment industry, and that is a fact.
The entertainment industry has always been about who you know or who you blow.
Ok, look at USPS offices in Miami, how many whites are working there?
You misspelled “blow” It is not spelled with K N
Count your blessings from being excluded by a toxic industry and find something else to do
Yeah. I've suffered years of discrimination in a business. If you're not Jewish, s family member, gay, drug addict or just willing to sign over your soul, Hollywood will not let you in!
Every single studio job in town lists a specific set of experiences they are looking for which can only be had in other studio jobs. To get this Sr. studio position you must have spent 5 years in a Jr. position in basically the same job. Meaning, they entirely hire from within.
PoC Privilege !
Duh, ye-ah...
Let’s cancel the entertainment industry since we are cancelling everything else in 2020.
what is minority representation at now?
There are bidding wars for black writer's assistants all over LA writer rooms. People with absolutely no experience are demanding script assignments.
Blacks are 13% of the population but apparently must be 25% of the entertainment industry so people feel better.
The World and UN must end systemic racism done by Aden government in Yemen against employees in North side. جامعه_صنعاء_بدون_مرتبات_للسنه_الرابعه غير_نازحين Sanaa_University_staff_without_salaries_for_the_fourth_year The_Non_displaced_staff
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