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Creative Community Calls on Hollywood to “Greenlight Disability”
Inevitable Foundation, the non-profit that focuses on supporting mid-career disabled screenwriters, is following up a July study on disability portrayals in film and television with a call to action in Hollywood. The open letter, released on Wednesday, coincides with a billboard campaign in Las Angeles and New York City calling out the 66 percent of […]
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Paul Feig, Marlee Matlin, Ramy Youssef, Lauren Ridloff and More Support Call to Hire Fewer Consultants, More Disabled Creatives Offscreen
Marlee Matlin, Ramy Youssef, Lauren Ridloff, Ryan O’Connell and Ali Stroker are among the Hollywood names supporting the Inevitable Foundation’s open letter calling on the industry to shift away from relying on disability consultants and instead hire creatives with disabilities on film and TV projects. A total of 35 deaf, disabled and allied writers, actors, […]
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Inevitable Foundation Teams With Netflix for Accelerate Fellowship
Inevitable Foundation’s screenwriting fellowship is expanding with help from Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity. The newly named Accelerate Fellowship will see the program’s mid-level disabled writers receive expanded support with the multi-year commitment from the streamer. “We are thrilled to partner with Netflix to launch the Accelerate Fellowship and speed up the transition for disabled […]
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Inevitable Foundation Launches $5K Elevate Collective Grants for Disabled Screenwriters
The nonprofit Inevitable Foundation, which exists to help screenwriters with disabilities, has launched Elevate Collective, a program targeted at mid- and upper-level writers. Among the offerings are $5,000 grants that will be awarded quarterly, with applications available on Elevate’s webpage. The grants are intended to help further these writers’ careers by helping them pay for […]
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How Much Does it Really Cost to Make Hollywood More Accommodating for Disabled Talent?
A new report from The Inevitable Foundation reveals the financial costs of disability-based accommodations for Hollywood productions alongside the personal toll workplace inaccessibility can have on talent with disabilities. The largest known compilation of qualitative and quantitative data about the state of accommodations in film and TV, the “‘Cost’ of Accommodations Report features line budget […]
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