Erika Alexander’s Colour Farm Looking For “Underrepresented Voices”

Erika Alexander, who starred as Maxine Shaw in Residing Single, is partnering with WeScreenplay to bolster alternatives for underrepresented voices and marginalized individuals.

Alexander’s Colour Farm Affect, the non-profit arm of the eponymous manufacturing firm that she based with Ben Arnon, is working with WeScreenplay Various Voices Labs on this system.

The partnership will provide a collection of workshops, mentorship applications, and writing labs designed to empower writers from numerous backgrounds. Chosen individuals may have the chance to obtain steering from trade veterans, develop their scripts, and probably see their tasks dropped at life on display screen. Functions for the primary spherical of workshops and labs will open August 15, with a kickoff occasion scheduled for later this 12 months.

Alexander, who has additionally starred in The Cosby Present, Get Out and American Fiction, and Arnon, are behind documentary John Lewis: Good Bother, in addition to podcasts together with Reparations: The Large Payback and Discovering Tamika.

She stated, “At a time when DEI is traditionally below assault, it’s extra vital than ever that we stand tall and boldly defend the flexibility for all individuals to achieve entry to alternatives to share their very own tales. Marginalized individuals, particularly Black individuals, have formed tradition for many years. Colour Farm’s partnership with the WeScreenplay Various Voices Labs allows us to help underrepresented voices who maintain the keys to unlock a brighter tomorrow.”

“On this ever-changing market, writers and filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds want champions,” added Geoffroy Faugérolas, Senior Supervisor of Growth for Business Arts, WeScreenplay’s mum or dad firm. “We’re thrilled to be pairing six fellows with unbelievable trade specialists and advocates like Erika and Ben who actually care about making a distinction.”