Netflix and CMF support expansion of Black filmmaker program
MONTREAL — The Fabienne Colas Foundation announced today a cross-industry partnership with Netflix, the Canada Media Fund and National Bank which will support the expansion of the not-for-profit cultural foundation’s Being Black in Canada program for Black filmmakers. As a result of the partnership, the 2020 program will expand to include 20 new participants from Montreal, Toronto and Halifax. The program will further expand over the following two years to include Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver and provide support to a total of 70 new filmmakers and 55 alumni in 2021 and 2022, says the news release. “Black artists represent the...
