*Black Ladies Movie Community (BWFN), the longest-running group of its type championing and supporting Black girls in movie and tv, proudly publicizes its 2024 class of honorees to be celebrated throughout the awards luncheon at its ninth annual BWFN Summit – powered by Cvent – on Saturday, March 23, 2024, on the Loudermilk Convention Middle (40 Courtland St NE) in Atlanta, GA.
This yr’s honorees are:Lena Waithe (Emmy-winning author, Hillman Grad founder, producer, actress: “The Chi,” “Grasp of None,” “Twenties,” “Boomerang,” “Queen & Slim,” “Kokomo Metropolis”)- TrailblazHERMona Scott-Younger (Monami Productions CEO, “Love & Hip Hop” franchise creator)- RainmakHERGail Bean (actress: “P-Valley,” “Snowfall”)- Black Girl RisingRaamla Mohamed (creator/showrunner/EP “Affordable Doubt”)- StorytellHERAmber Rasberry (senior government movie improvement, manufacturing, acquisitions, Amazon Studios)- PowerbrokHER
“We’re delighted to as soon as once more current our annual BWFN Summit, thanks partly to beneficiant help from NBCU Launch, Amazon, Aspire TV+, and Cvent,” mentioned BWFN Board Chairwoman, Chiquita Lockley. “From the picket strains to main press moments, we’ve heard sturdy voices like Gina Prince-Bythewood, Taraji P. Henson, Keke Palmer, and Issa Rae constantly handle the necessity for fairness for Black girls throughout the spectrum of the leisure trade. This yr’s theme “Standing on Enterprise: How Creatives Get the Bag” displays this push for fairness which is our objective and our why.”
Now in its twenty seventh yr, Black Ladies Movie Community conjures up and empowers Black girls each day by means of programming in addition to a powerful social media presence on Fb at Black Ladies Movie Community and @BlackWomenFilm on Instagram. “The annual BWFN Summit builds on this work grandly, providing ample alternatives for real networking, and information constructing by means of a dynamic lineup of workshops and panel classes spotlighting writing, appearing, hair, costume design, and make-up from trade leaders, in addition to entry to employment assets like Rob and Shaun Hardy’s Superb Tales Basis PA program helmed by Nina Packer. With help from Fulton Movies, our Summit focuses on leveling the taking part in subject for entry and development inside the trade for Black girls,” mentioned Lockley.
In the course of the 2024 BWFN Summit Awards Luncheon, the place the BWFN Class of 2024 will probably be celebrated, BWFN can pay it ahead to era subsequent and announce the 2024 BWFN Scholarship recipients who will obtain as a lot as $1000 in funding to help and encourage their movie and TV careers. As a bonus, the annual BWFN Quick Movie Pageant is as soon as once more introduced along side the BWFN Summit.
“This yr we’ve got realigned our BWFN Quick Movie Pageant with the BWFN Summit for the primary time for the reason that pandemic. The BWFN Quick Movie Pageant has emerged as a good and trusted supply to amplify the skills of rising Black girls filmmakers in addition to such established auteurs as Amy Aniobi, Felicia Satisfaction, and Maya Desk,” Lockley continued.
“As Black girls proceed to make strides within the trade, BWFN will stay on the forefront by means of the BWFN Summit, the BWFN Quick Movie Pageant, customized programming in-person and socially just like the BWFN Mixer and BWFN Reel Rundown on Instagram. We’re an vital a part of this trade and our presence is just rising,” added Lockley.
To hitch the celebration of those extraordinary girls’s achievements and the continued legacy of the Black Ladies Movie Community, go to blackwomenfilm.org to register for the 2024 BWFN Summit. Discover further updates on Instagram (@blackwomenfilm) or Fb (BlackWomenFilmNetwork).
About Black Ladies Movie Community:Established in 1997, the Black Ladies Movie Community (BWFN) was based to organize black girls to enter the movie and tv industries. The group seeks to protect the voice of those girls by means of movie and academic packages that empower and inform. A 501(c)3 non-profit, BWFN offers scholar scholarships, hosts screenings and workshops, and honors people who’ve excelled on this tough trade. Go to BWFN on-line at blackwomenfilm.org. Observe us on Instagram and Fb.
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