Justice for My Sister Collective is respectfully requesting $18,000 to support the 2021 edition of our BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab to benefit 20 emerging filmmakers of color. CAC funds will cover JFMS’ mentors’ salary expenses during the 12-week program and stipends for mentors and guest speakers.
Our main programs are:
-Video Diaries: Instruction, technical support, and one-on-one mentorship for participants to tell their personal story in a 5-minute video diary, to be disseminated on our social media platforms with over 25,000 followers.
-Black, Indigenous, People of Color Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab: a competitive incubator initiative where fellows author the pilot episode of their futurist sci-fi TV show. A select group of participants will go on to direct and produce their concept videos to further expand their artistic and professional portfolio.
-Nuevas Novelas: An anti-colonial job-training storytelling and community engagement intensive for teens of color, ages 13-18, covering media literacy, filmmaking and/or podcasting. Topic focuses include environmental justice, healthy dating/signs of abuse, and transnational solidarity movements to end gender-based violence.
-Job Placement: Partnerships with other organizations and individuals to create job opportunities for our students.
-Take Back the Night/Retomemos la Noche: A bilingual outdoor music and arts festival to break the silence around domestic violence and sexual assault. Through a resource fair, family-friendly community-led arts installation, giveaways, and film screenings, we engage immigrant women and their families to connect them with local services and the opportunity to break the silence against all forms of gender-based violence.