Internet video giant Hulu will launch a new LGBT category heading on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus, GLAAD and Wolfe Video announced today. The new category heading arises out of an initiative spearheaded by LGBT film distributor Wolfe Video, and will help users locate LGBT content more efficiently, including nearly 100 films. “Wolfe…
What do you get when you put the makers of the acclaimed documentary “Lives Worth Living”, Jim LeBrecht, Lawrence Carter-Long and moderator Robert David Hall at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (yes, THAT Academy) in North Hollywood for a screening of the doc and a rip-roarin’ follow-up panel discussion? An event not to…
A 12-month, full-time paid Fellowship position within the Wolf Trap Foundation is available beginning September 2012. Intended for a young professional of color who has recently earned a Master’s degree in the arts or a related discipline, the Fellowship will provide substantive arts management experience in a variety of areas within the Wolf Trap Foundation…
By Kate Taylor, New York Times It didn’t take much rehearsing for Russell Harvard, who plays the deaf son of a loquacious and argumentative British family in the Off Broadway play “Tribes,” to get inside his character’s skin. Like his character Billy, the 30-year-old actor is himself partially deaf. And while, unlike Billy, he grew…
The program will focus on moving projects forward through seminars and master classes with top professionals in film, television, and new media supported by one-on-one mentoring with Producers Guild members. Topics include: story development, pitching, packaging, financing, marketing, and new media opportunities. Every session will be tailored to our participating producers and their projects. Workshop…
NBCUniversal will hold auditions for actors wishing to be considered for the NBC Diversity Scene Showcase this coming June in Los Angeles. The showcase will feature actors, writers and directors of diverse backgrounds, including LGBT actors and Performers with Disabilities. Deadline is Friday, March 30, 2012 Find additional information at SAG
DISLABELED is NYC’s monthly screening series that is dedicated to celebrating disability culture. The films showcased portray people with disabilities living full lives and then follow up with lively, meaningful discussion. “Yo, Tambien” A film by Alvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro When: Wednesday, March 7th Time: 6pm-9pm Where: Cuny Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan…
“At a time when American enterprise is attempting to reinvent itself by being more trustworthy, transparent and authentic, we seem to have a problem in Hollywood that needs immediate repair if the US economy and its people are to get back on track. The media & entertainment industry (like many other industries) is simply teasing…
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is seeking proposals for exciting, informative and forward-looking education, training and public policy presentations at the 51st Biennial NAD Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency Louisville hotel and the Kentucky International Convention Center, July 3-7, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference theme is “Nothing About Us,…
Mabou Mines, The Living Theatre, PS 122, HERE Arts Center, the Amoralists and the Tectonic Theater Project are among nearly 50 Off Off-Broadway theatre companies that have aligned to help establish the Independent Theater Fund. The Off Off-Broadway advocacy organization the League of Independent Theater is behind the initiative that will deduct 5 cents from…
