Editor’s note: As a founding member of The Coup and the director of the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley has always brought a social consciousness and activism to his work. Today, the creator of Prime Video’s upcoming TV series I’m a Virgo, which previewed at SXSW and the Sffilm Festival earlier this year, puts a spotlight on the stakes of the current WGA strike and the threat to creative expression and the boon to corporate control that AI represents.
I’m in the Writer’s Guild of America, and I’m also in the Directors Guild of America. I’m one of those so-called multi-hyphenates.
I knew this strike was coming, but originally thought, based on what happened in 2007, the labor action would be relegated to “writing duties.”
I thought I’d be able to promote my series that I’d created, directed, co-showrun and worked on for four years.
I’m in the Writer’s Guild of America, and I’m also in the Directors Guild of America. I’m one of those so-called multi-hyphenates.
I knew this strike was coming, but originally thought, based on what happened in 2007, the labor action would be relegated to “writing duties.”
I thought I’d be able to promote my series that I’d created, directed, co-showrun and worked on for four years.
- 5/17/2023
- by Boots Riley
- Deadline Film + TV
The National Hispanic Media Coalition has revealed its cohorts of participants in its 2022 Series Scriptwriters Program.
Ten Latinx writers nationwide were selected for a 7-week intense writers lab where at the conclusion of the program, writers will have developed a half-hour or hour-long original series pilot, which they will pitch to industry leaders including Nhmc’s partners at The Walt Disney Company and NBC.
They include:
Andrew Ruiz – Screenwriter, Filmmaker, and Educator – Los Angeles, CA
Angela Treviño – Television Writer – Los Angeles, CA
Dominic Abeyta – Screenwriter – Los Angeles, CA
Edwin Alexis Gómez – Queer Nicaraguan-American Writer, Director, Producer, and Actor – Los Angeles, CA
Elisha Miranda-Ramirez – Puerto Rican Gen X Writer, Director, Producer, and Professor- Orange County, CA
Marcos Antonio Rodriguez – Award-Winning Playwright – New York, NY
Melanie Martinez – Film & Television Writer – New York, NY
Miguel Ramirez – Salvadoran-American Filmmaker – Los Angeles, CA
Natalie Torres – Nonbinary Latine Writer – San Antonio, Texas
Sofia Quintero – Gen-x Afro-Latina Screenwriter and Novelist – New York,...
Ten Latinx writers nationwide were selected for a 7-week intense writers lab where at the conclusion of the program, writers will have developed a half-hour or hour-long original series pilot, which they will pitch to industry leaders including Nhmc’s partners at The Walt Disney Company and NBC.
They include:
Andrew Ruiz – Screenwriter, Filmmaker, and Educator – Los Angeles, CA
Angela Treviño – Television Writer – Los Angeles, CA
Dominic Abeyta – Screenwriter – Los Angeles, CA
Edwin Alexis Gómez – Queer Nicaraguan-American Writer, Director, Producer, and Actor – Los Angeles, CA
Elisha Miranda-Ramirez – Puerto Rican Gen X Writer, Director, Producer, and Professor- Orange County, CA
Marcos Antonio Rodriguez – Award-Winning Playwright – New York, NY
Melanie Martinez – Film & Television Writer – New York, NY
Miguel Ramirez – Salvadoran-American Filmmaker – Los Angeles, CA
Natalie Torres – Nonbinary Latine Writer – San Antonio, Texas
Sofia Quintero – Gen-x Afro-Latina Screenwriter and Novelist – New York,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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