Amazon Studios and AMC Networks have partnered with Deaf Talent Media and Entertainment Consulting (Dtmec) on the creation of the Deaf Talent Creative Lab (Dtcl). The new initiative will work to provide Deaf people of color with skills to further their success within the entertainment industry.
The inaugural Dtcl will host two simultaneous tracks for teenagers, age 13-19 years old, with another for adult industry professionals. The upcoming residential program will run from July 12 – 27, 2023 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga.
The Dtcl will provide attendees with tools, guidance and assistance in developing creative proficiencies — including instruction from industry experts in screenwriting, acting, production classes, marketing, pitching and self-taping. In addition, attendees will receive networking and mentorship opportunities.
“As more Deaf actors appear on screens, we have become aware of a hunger ifor their unique stories to be told through writing and production” said Jade Bryan, Dtcl founder. “My goal is to empower Deaf creatives,...
The inaugural Dtcl will host two simultaneous tracks for teenagers, age 13-19 years old, with another for adult industry professionals. The upcoming residential program will run from July 12 – 27, 2023 at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga.
The Dtcl will provide attendees with tools, guidance and assistance in developing creative proficiencies — including instruction from industry experts in screenwriting, acting, production classes, marketing, pitching and self-taping. In addition, attendees will receive networking and mentorship opportunities.
“As more Deaf actors appear on screens, we have become aware of a hunger ifor their unique stories to be told through writing and production” said Jade Bryan, Dtcl founder. “My goal is to empower Deaf creatives,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix's latest unscripted series, Deaf U, spotlights young students at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a college predominately for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. While the Deaf audience may have been looking forward to seeing a glimpse of themselves represented on the screen, this series serves mainly as a voyeuristic and salacious gaze for the hearing audience into Deaf lives.
At one point, two of the main stars, Rodney Burford and Daequan Taylor, casually discussed how Daequan got fellow student Alexa Paulay-Simmons pregnant against her consent. Meanwhile, Daequan is clearly uncomfortable revisiting the topic with Alexa, the woman he physically and emotionally violated. Rodney and Daequan are both Black, while Alexa is white. Black men are often misrepresented in the media, and the fetishization of Black men as sexually aggressive and unsympathetic towards females is not a positive representation. I can almost guarantee that Black Deaf men...
At one point, two of the main stars, Rodney Burford and Daequan Taylor, casually discussed how Daequan got fellow student Alexa Paulay-Simmons pregnant against her consent. Meanwhile, Daequan is clearly uncomfortable revisiting the topic with Alexa, the woman he physically and emotionally violated. Rodney and Daequan are both Black, while Alexa is white. Black men are often misrepresented in the media, and the fetishization of Black men as sexually aggressive and unsympathetic towards females is not a positive representation. I can almost guarantee that Black Deaf men...
- 10/17/2020
- by Jade Bryan
- Popsugar.com
In today’s roundup, Netflix releases the first trailer for the new season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and Showtime gives a sneak peek into the fifth and final season of “The Affair.”
Dates
Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County” is set to return Aug. 6. Season 14 will bring back series regulars Tamra Judge, Shannon Storms Beador, Kelly Dodd, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Emily Simpson, who will be joined by new housewife Braunwyn Windham-Burke. Og housewife Vicki Gunvalson will also return for special appearances in the new season.
First Looks
Netflix has released the first trailer for Season 3 of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Premiering July 19, the new season will include comics such as Eddie Murphy, Seth Rogen, Ricky Gervais, Matthew Broderick, and Jamie Foxx as they discuss their careers and lives with one of the biggest names in comedy.
“Human Discoveries,” the...
Dates
Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County” is set to return Aug. 6. Season 14 will bring back series regulars Tamra Judge, Shannon Storms Beador, Kelly Dodd, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Emily Simpson, who will be joined by new housewife Braunwyn Windham-Burke. Og housewife Vicki Gunvalson will also return for special appearances in the new season.
First Looks
Netflix has released the first trailer for Season 3 of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Premiering July 19, the new season will include comics such as Eddie Murphy, Seth Rogen, Ricky Gervais, Matthew Broderick, and Jamie Foxx as they discuss their careers and lives with one of the biggest names in comedy.
“Human Discoveries,” the...
- 7/2/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Ann Marie Bryan (who goes by the nom-de-plume Queen Jade) is the First (her capital letters, not mine) Jamaican-American deaf filmmaker who proudly calls herself “a pioneer in her own right.” And who’s going to argue with that?She has been producing and writing films for over 20 years and her previous feature film, If You Could Hear My Own Tune, was accepted into several film festivals, including 2011’s San Francisco Black Film Festival and Roxbury International Film Festival.As she says, she believes “in social change and social justice and believes in promoting, spreading and increasing awareness about the lack of Deaf African-American actors cast in roles in...
- 10/23/2013
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Ann Marie Bryan is the writer-producer-director of the upcoming film, The Shattered Mind, which is currently in postproduction. She’s raising finishing funds for her film so she can submit to 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmaker invited her to write a guest blog about her film and the campaign, and she submitted the following, in interview form. To learn more and/on contribute, visit the project’s IndieGoGo page: Support The Shattered Mind on IndieGoGo. Q: What is The Shattered Mind about? A: The Shattered Mind, based in New York, is a psychodrama and surreal story about a hard-of-hearing teenager who juggles family, […]...
- 8/6/2013
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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