EXCLUSIVE: NBCU Academy and NBC News’ documentary division, NBC News Studios, have set Damon Davis (Chain of Rocks), Stephanie Wang-Breal (Florence from Ohio), Eric Juhola (The Queer Beat), Set Hernandez Rongkilyo (unseen), Brett Story and Stephen Maing (Untitled Labor Union Documentary), and Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler (Untitled Muscogee Nation Documentary) as the participants for their second annual Original Voices fellowship.The program looks to support documentarians with projects in all stages of development, who identify as or—showcase stories highlighting social issues affecting—women, LGBTQ+, people with color, or people with disabilities.
Each of the six filmmakers selected will receive a $60,000 grant, as well as the one-year artist development fellowship, designed to help them with the completion of their films.
Fellows will also have access to archival research and production resources, as well as executives and journalists across NBC News Studios and the NBCUniversal News Group.
NBCU News Group will also offer grantees the opportunity to participate in dedicated impact training workshops, led by the nonprofit organization Peace is Loud, and to attend the 65th Flaherty Film Seminar, Continents of Drifting Clouds, programmed by Almudena Escobar López and Sky Hopinka.This year’s class of fellows was selected by a jury of critically acclaimed documentary filmmakers that included Julie Cohen, Yance Ford and Bing Lu.
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