Yoruba Richen
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Congrats to Labsters Mike Brown & Yoruba Richen!
This month, the Fledgling Fund announced its new grantees. Producers' Lab members Mike Brown and Yoruba Richen both received community engagement funding for their films, 25 to Life, and The New Black, respectively. A special congrats to both of them!Posted in: Film Related, New News Category Name, Producers' LabComments: No commentsTags: Producers' Lab, The New Black, Tribeca, Yoruba Richen
Yoruba Richen Wins Creative Promise Award at Tribeca
Producer Yoruba Richen was honored with the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access for her explosive new documentary, The New Black. Click here to read the article. Congrats Yoruba! Read morePosted in: Film Related, Freedom RidersComments: No commentsTags: Aljernon Tunsil, Ben Cox, Community Engagement Campaign, Emmys, Firelight Films, Firelight Media, Fred Shuttlesworth, freedom riders, Freedom Rides, Jason DaSilva, Laura and Francis Randall, Laurens Grant, Lewanne Jones, Lewis Erskine, More than a Month, Oprah, Ray Arsenault, Reverend C.T. Vivian, Robert Shepard, Sharese Bullock, Shukree Tilghman, Stacey Holman, stanley nelson, United in Courage, Yoruba Richen
A Word of Thanks from Stanley Nelson
Click here to check out this note of gratitude from our Executive Director, Stanley Nelson. It includes a 2011 Year-in-Review for Firelight.Posted in: New News Category NameComments: No commentsTags: Byron Hurt, Carol Bash, Christine Turner, Elinysia Moisha, Jason DaSilva, Jenni Monet, Keoni Alvarez, Laurens Grant, Lisa Collins, Lisa Schwartz, Melissa Montero, Mike Brown, Pete Nicks, Producers' Lab, Risa Morimoto, Shukree Tilghman, Yoruba Richen
Updates from the Producers' Lab
The Producers’ Lab has been busy! The Producers' Lab is Firelight Media's mentorship program for talented and diverse producers. Last week's FilmFeast for Firelight Labsters featured editors and producers discussing the most effective ways to work with an editor to save time and money. Participants raved about the session afterwards, calling it "productive", "insightful", "encouraging", and "super helpful".Read more
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Filmmaker Yoruba Richen Receives ITVS Funding
Congrats to filmmaker Yoruba Richen! Yoruba Richen's latest documentary, The New Black, which examines homophobia in the black church, was recently awarded production funds from ITVS. She expects the film to be completed in early 2013.Read more