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BRITDOC and Arcus Foundations Announce Queer Impact Producers Lab

BRITDOC has teamed up with the Arcus Foundation to run their first Queer Impact Producers Lab from January 31 to February 2, 2017.

Films need someone as professional and senior as their production producer to design and run a their social engagement campaign and we are finding, in our work, that there are not enough of these people available. This lab aims to create a cohort of new professionals ready to roll.

It will be a three-day residential course in New York for eight candidates. We will come together to learn from each other and from the smartest leaders we know from the fields of campaigning, film, distribution, advertising and PR. We want to impart everything that is already known about how to create a highly successful change strategy, how to create a complementary distribution strategy, how to timeline and plan, how to budget and fundraise, execute and evaluate.

The course will be hard work and there will also be a lot of required pre-reading and pre-watching.

The course will be held in English although we may, in certain circumstances, be able to provide translation.

We are particularly interested in supporting filmmakers and advocates from communities around the world where LGBTQ rights are under pressure. We’re looking to bring eight trainee impact producers together - four from the US, and four from anywhere in Africa. Inside the United States, we are prioritizing LGBTQ persons of color.

We welcome applications from candidates with a range of previous backgrounds - from film, campaigning, journalism, law, marketing, technology, organising - since we know that each will bring unique perspectives to the group. We just want people united in their commitment to the greater good and in their interest in the role film can play in bringing change to people's lives, communities, and cultures.

Deadline: November 7.

For more information and to apply, https://britdoc.org/queer-impact-lab/https://britdoc.org/queer-impact-lab/

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