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Hollywood’s Inevitable Foundation Launches to Mentor and Fund Disabled Screenwriters (EXCLUSIVE)
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variety.comNaman Ramachandran Hollywood’s continuing efforts to embrace diversity and inclusion has received a significant boost with the launch of the Inevitable Foundation, whose mission is to fund and mentor the next generation of disabled screenwriters.The outfit is founded by Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska, both with personal connections to physical and developmental disabilities.
With their support of disabled writers, the duo are looking to close the disability representation gap in film and television.A recent report on the television writing landscape from the Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity stated that 93% of disabled writers surveyed said they were the only disabled person on staff, and 97% of writing rooms had no.
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