"No turning back." Netflix has dropped this new short film for everyone to enjoy called Divinity Streak, created as part of a partnership between Netflix Film Club and Ghetto Film School. The 12-minute short is directed by Geno Brooks, from a script written by Jess Waters - who is actually the focus of this debut from Netflix. A young writer from Ohio now based in LA. This Netflix shorts program is designed to celebrate Black directors, and will include new short films weekly from up-and-coming Black filmmakers of all kinds. Divinity Streak follows three activists plan to hijack a space shuttle launch and go to Mars to create a better world. Starring Tai Brown, Myles Grier, and Roy Williams Jr. The Ghetto Film School ("Gfs") is an award-winning nonprofit founded in 2000 to educate, develop the next generation of great storytellers. This is a cool concept for a short film, and...
- 6/18/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In honor of Juneteenth, Netflix and Ghetto Film School have launched the winning films from the inaugural class of their new content creation program focused on emerging Black filmmakers.
The three films — “Silence of Friends” by Nia Stanford, “Divinity Streak” by Jess Waters and “Day Into Knight” by Sarah Jean Williams — are now live on Netflix Film Club’s YouTube channel.
“New voices are vital to the entertainment industry,” Netflix Studio Film manager Emily Wolfe, Netflix Independent Film manager Alexander Zahn and Ghetto Film School executive director Derrick Cameron said in a blog post announcing the debut. “They can introduce audiences to new subject matters, new styles of filmmaking and, most importantly, new perspectives completely different from our own.”
“Given the themes of these three films — stories about identity, resilience and freedom — we found it only fitting to release them ahead of Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.
The three films — “Silence of Friends” by Nia Stanford, “Divinity Streak” by Jess Waters and “Day Into Knight” by Sarah Jean Williams — are now live on Netflix Film Club’s YouTube channel.
“New voices are vital to the entertainment industry,” Netflix Studio Film manager Emily Wolfe, Netflix Independent Film manager Alexander Zahn and Ghetto Film School executive director Derrick Cameron said in a blog post announcing the debut. “They can introduce audiences to new subject matters, new styles of filmmaking and, most importantly, new perspectives completely different from our own.”
“Given the themes of these three films — stories about identity, resilience and freedom — we found it only fitting to release them ahead of Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.
- 6/18/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
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