Brown Girls Doc Mafia, an organization advocating for women and non-binary people of color in the documentary industry, announced today the appointment of its board of directors as well as a two-year, $105,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The board, comprised of filmmaker Ursula Liang, Denae Peters of Film Sprout, and Nicole Tsien of American Documentary Pov will work in conjunction with the organization’s Co-Directors, Iyabo Boyd and Tracy Nguyen-Chung. Brown Girls Doc Mafia was founded by Boyd in 2015 and has a global membership of over 2,400. From the press release: “Brown Girls Doc […]...
- 12/14/2018
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Brown Girls Doc Mafia, an organization advocating for women and non-binary people of color in the documentary industry, announced today the appointment of its board of directors as well as a two-year, $105,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The board, comprised of filmmaker Ursula Liang, Denae Peters of Film Sprout, and Nicole Tsien of American Documentary Pov will work in conjunction with the organization’s Co-Directors, Iyabo Boyd and Tracy Nguyen-Chung. Brown Girls Doc Mafia was founded by Boyd in 2015 and has a global membership of over 2,400. From the press release: “Brown Girls Doc […]...
- 12/14/2018
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Brown Girls Doc Mafia, a 2,400-strong organization advocating for women and nonbinary people of color in the documentary industry, has announced its Board of Directors ahead of Sundance.
Filmmaker Ursula Liang, Denae Peters of Film Sprout and Nicole Tsien of Pov American make up the board and will work with its Co-Directors Iyabo Boyd and Tracy Nguyen-Chung. Boyd founded the group — eight of whom will premiere their latest projects in Park City next month — in 2015.
“Brown Girls Doc Mafia was formed to tackle a myth that has been repeated in industry conversations, hiring discussions, festival programming meetings and funder circles: that there aren’t many filmmakers of color worth paying attention to, especially not women of color,” Boyd said. “This lack of research and semi-conscious bias has discouraged, marginalized and isolated legions of women filmmakers of color in documentary for generations. Bgdm provides a nourishing atmosphere where women filmmakers...
Filmmaker Ursula Liang, Denae Peters of Film Sprout and Nicole Tsien of Pov American make up the board and will work with its Co-Directors Iyabo Boyd and Tracy Nguyen-Chung. Boyd founded the group — eight of whom will premiere their latest projects in Park City next month — in 2015.
“Brown Girls Doc Mafia was formed to tackle a myth that has been repeated in industry conversations, hiring discussions, festival programming meetings and funder circles: that there aren’t many filmmakers of color worth paying attention to, especially not women of color,” Boyd said. “This lack of research and semi-conscious bias has discouraged, marginalized and isolated legions of women filmmakers of color in documentary for generations. Bgdm provides a nourishing atmosphere where women filmmakers...
- 12/14/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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