Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund Sets Inaugural Participants; Richard T. Jones Pic ‘The Hard Hit’ Goes To Vertical; Andrew Dice Clay’s ‘Warrior Strong’ Unveils Clip – Film Briefs
EXCLUSIVE: Stanley Nelson’s Firelight Films and Hulu have set Julianna Brannum (Now I Lay Me Down), Ivan MacDonald (Breaking the Silence) and Juan Carlos Dávila Santiago (When Reggaeton Was a Crime) as the first filmmakers to benefit from their new Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund. Through the initiative, each will be awarded $25,000 to develop their original documentary feature or limited series for a first look by the companies.