The DGA’s Women’s Steering Committee (Wsc) has announced the 2023 class of its Wsc Squad Mentorship Program. The latest class, which began in September, pairs 13 mid-career directors with well-established director-mentors.
“It is always exciting to kick off another year of the Wsc Mentorship Program,” said Shaz Bennett, cochair of the DGA’s Women’s Steering Committee. “The Wsc remains inspired by our community of mentors and mentees who have come together, united by a shared purpose — to uplift and empower one another. By joining forces on this journey of guidance and encouragement, we can all accomplish more than any one of us could alone. I can’t wait to see how these talented women lift each other up.”
The Wsc Squad Mentorship Program is led by directors DeMane Davis, Ashley Eakin, Morenike Joela Evans, Marie Jamora, Jen McGowan, and Rachel Raimist. The Wsc is cochaired by directors Shaz Bennett and Valerie Weiss,...
“It is always exciting to kick off another year of the Wsc Mentorship Program,” said Shaz Bennett, cochair of the DGA’s Women’s Steering Committee. “The Wsc remains inspired by our community of mentors and mentees who have come together, united by a shared purpose — to uplift and empower one another. By joining forces on this journey of guidance and encouragement, we can all accomplish more than any one of us could alone. I can’t wait to see how these talented women lift each other up.”
The Wsc Squad Mentorship Program is led by directors DeMane Davis, Ashley Eakin, Morenike Joela Evans, Marie Jamora, Jen McGowan, and Rachel Raimist. The Wsc is cochaired by directors Shaz Bennett and Valerie Weiss,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: 'Jewel's Catch One'/Netflix Leave no soul behind. That was the spirit behind Jewel Thais-Williams village of community centers stretching Los Angeles like open arms to wounded warriors. The documentary follows Jewel’s efforts in enriching and protecting the lives of queer individuals, most notably seen in her creation of the famous nightclub, Catch One. Directed by C. Fitz, Jewel's Catch One is a Netflix documentary that illuminates the vivacious impact Jewel's grace has left on her community. The name Catch One alludes to the age-old quest to go home with somebody by the end of a night of boogying. But more importantly, the name is reflective of Jewel's journey to find security for all persons she makes contact with; when her neighborhood was at its worst, Jewel viciously took in those around her in need. The documentary primarily interviews Jewel herself (although plenty of familiar faces grace the...
- 11/21/2020
- by Tyler Bey
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
With almost all of Hollywood and large swaths of America and the world under stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus pandemic, a digital conversation with some of the leading filmmakers of our time never seemed like a better idea than right now.
Which is exactly what Ava DuVernay and Array will be kicking off at 9 Am Pt today with now 60 directors participating in the its fourth filmmaker tweet-a-thon – see the full 10-hour schedule below and follow with #ARRAYNow
“We hope today’s day-long Q&a feels like a virtual group hug from filmmakers to film fans,” DuVernay told Deadline as the When They See Us helmer prepared to start the show this morning. “Everyone at Array just wanted to create a space for positivity and community during these tense times,” the Oscar nominee added. “The fact that 60 filmmakers of color and women directors answered our call is beautiful and we...
Which is exactly what Ava DuVernay and Array will be kicking off at 9 Am Pt today with now 60 directors participating in the its fourth filmmaker tweet-a-thon – see the full 10-hour schedule below and follow with #ARRAYNow
“We hope today’s day-long Q&a feels like a virtual group hug from filmmakers to film fans,” DuVernay told Deadline as the When They See Us helmer prepared to start the show this morning. “Everyone at Array just wanted to create a space for positivity and community during these tense times,” the Oscar nominee added. “The fact that 60 filmmakers of color and women directors answered our call is beautiful and we...
- 4/30/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ahead of next week’s Season 4 premiere of Queen Sugar, the Own drama has announced five more directors and a pair of guest stars for the upcoming run.
Lacey Duke, C. Fitz, Pratibha Parmar, Deborah Kampmeier and Stacey Muhammad are set as helmers for S4, bringing the total number of female filmmakers to make their U.S. scripted television directing debuts on the series to 32.
Meanwhile, Cree Summer (A Different World) and Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton) are set to appear during the fourth season of the series from creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay. Summer will play Octavia Laurent, a professor and fiery past love of Nova Bordelon (Rutina Wesley) who surprises Nova while in Atlanta during her cross-country book tour. Clark is set as the new love interest for Darla (Bianca Lawson).
In the upcoming fourth season of Queen Sugar, the Bordelons find themselves continuing their fight to save...
Lacey Duke, C. Fitz, Pratibha Parmar, Deborah Kampmeier and Stacey Muhammad are set as helmers for S4, bringing the total number of female filmmakers to make their U.S. scripted television directing debuts on the series to 32.
Meanwhile, Cree Summer (A Different World) and Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton) are set to appear during the fourth season of the series from creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay. Summer will play Octavia Laurent, a professor and fiery past love of Nova Bordelon (Rutina Wesley) who surprises Nova while in Atlanta during her cross-country book tour. Clark is set as the new love interest for Darla (Bianca Lawson).
In the upcoming fourth season of Queen Sugar, the Bordelons find themselves continuing their fight to save...
- 6/6/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Array Releasing continues to expand its inclusive slate of films and storytelling with the Black and Lgbtq-centric Jewel’s Catch One, the second feature from female filmmaker C. Fitz. Array Founder Ava DuVernay announced today that they have acquired the worldwide distribution rights documentary, which marks the film collective’s 18th feature film acquisition. Array will debut Fitz’s film on May 1 with a national screening tour along with a simultaneous release…...
- 3/5/2018
- Deadline
Sharon Stone recently finished a remodel of her Beverly Hills home, renovations that VIP guests were able to see up close during a Feb. 19 dinner party. But the occasion, which saw 20-plus people eating takeout from Canon Drive Chinese food hotspot Xi'an around the kitchen table, was less about the interior design reveal and more about lesbian pioneer Jewel Thais-Williams, her groundbreaking Los Angeles gay nightclub and the C. Fitz-directed documentary of the same name, Jewel's Catch One.
Stone screened the film for Thais-Williams, Fitz and other friends of the doc in her private screening room followed by dinner,...
Stone screened the film for Thais-Williams, Fitz and other friends of the doc in her private screening room followed by dinner,...
- 3/1/2017
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Peter Belsito
“Jewel’s Catch One” is a documentary that showed at Psiff Palm Springs. It captures an era, a section of our central La community, the people of which are so often disregarded and tells the life and career story of remarkable woman, founder, Jewel Thais-Williams.Jewel Thais-Williams
With four strikes against her (black, female, poor and a lesbian), our trailblazer , Jewel Thais-Williams, helped changed laws, save lives and influence communities across Los Angeles, California as she opened her legendary nightclub’s door for 42 years.
In the early ‘70’s the club began as a disco outpost for the gay, lesbian, Lgbt, black, brown and especially female communities. Through the gay rights movement, through the AIDs crisis and on to the current day the club was a beacon.
When the disco Catch One opened on the corner of Pico and Crenshaw in 1973, it provided a haven for the black...
“Jewel’s Catch One” is a documentary that showed at Psiff Palm Springs. It captures an era, a section of our central La community, the people of which are so often disregarded and tells the life and career story of remarkable woman, founder, Jewel Thais-Williams.Jewel Thais-Williams
With four strikes against her (black, female, poor and a lesbian), our trailblazer , Jewel Thais-Williams, helped changed laws, save lives and influence communities across Los Angeles, California as she opened her legendary nightclub’s door for 42 years.
In the early ‘70’s the club began as a disco outpost for the gay, lesbian, Lgbt, black, brown and especially female communities. Through the gay rights movement, through the AIDs crisis and on to the current day the club was a beacon.
When the disco Catch One opened on the corner of Pico and Crenshaw in 1973, it provided a haven for the black...
- 1/10/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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