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EXCLUSIVE: Lucy J. Mukerjee has joined Stanley Nelson and Marcia Smith’s media company Firelight Media, geared toward nonfiction cinema by and about communities of color, as the new director of its flagship Documentary Lab. Related Story Amazon Prime Video To Remake South Korea’s ‘EXchang…

EXCLUSIVE: Firelight Media has today named its latest cohort of Fellows for its flagship mentoring program, the Firelight Documentary Lab, which is now in its thirteenth year. The participants and projects set for the 18-month program, taking place from 2022-2024, are Neelu Bhuman (Chiragu (Wing))…

EXCLUSIVE: Firelight Media has revealed the newest Fellows selected for the 12th Firelight Documentary Lab, the organization's flagship mentoring program. The new fellows are Elizabeth Ai, Sisa Bueno, Ben Corona, Pati Cruz Martínez, Gerardo del Valle, Mohammadreza Enyi & Sara Khaki, Contessa Gayles, Set Hernandez…

Firelight Media, Reel South, and the Center For Asian American Media (CAAM) has unveiled six filmmakers chosen for the Hindsight Project, a new initiative that focuses on supporting Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) filmmakers living in the American South and U.S. Territories. Kiyoko McCrae, Dilsey Davis…

Firelight Media today revealed the 14 Fellows selected for the 2020-22 Firelight Documentary Lab. The 18-month program supporting Black, indigenous and other filmmakers of color is now in its 11th year. The projects the new class bring to the Fellowship range from stories of generational Black farmers in the American…

UPDATED with list of new fellows, 7 AM: Firelight Media has announced newest group of 12 Fellows selected for the 2019-21 Firelight Documentary Lab. Several of them will attend at the Documentary Lab's 10th Anniversary Gala tonight in Harlem. Here is the list of new fellows and their projects; read details of the…

Firelight Media has its 12 filmmakers for the 2018-20 Firelight Documentary Lab, an 18-month fellowship supporting filmmakers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities. See their names and project below. The filmmakers are culturally diverse, with impressive backgrounds ranging from public and…

The Firelight Media announced today a national open call for submissions for its Documentary Lab program. The fellowship supports filmmakers from racially and ethnically underrepresented communities working on their first or second feature-length documentary film. In an effort to bring more inclusion and diversity to…