At&T Hello Lab’s filmmaker mentoring program — aimed at supporting the creative voices of those underrepresented by Hollywood — is back for a second year, with Common and Lena Waithe among the lineup of mentors for projects from six up-and-coming directors.
The filmmakers, comprising five women and one man, will debut their short films on the Hello Lab channel on At&T’s DirecTV and DirecTV Now streaming service later this year. The 2017 films can currently be viewed there.
The seven 2018 mentors are: actor-writer-producer Lena Waithe; Oscar-winning hip-hop artist and actor Common; producer Shelby Stone “The Chi,” “Bessie”); Cary Fukunaga (“True Detective”); director Taika Waititi; actor Tessa Thompson; and cinematographer Rachel Morrison.
The mentors selected the filmmakers they wanted to support; two of the projects have ties to Showtime’s “The Chi” drama series set on Chicago’s South Side. At&T Hello Lab enlisted Fullscreen (owned by At&T and...
The filmmakers, comprising five women and one man, will debut their short films on the Hello Lab channel on At&T’s DirecTV and DirecTV Now streaming service later this year. The 2017 films can currently be viewed there.
The seven 2018 mentors are: actor-writer-producer Lena Waithe; Oscar-winning hip-hop artist and actor Common; producer Shelby Stone “The Chi,” “Bessie”); Cary Fukunaga (“True Detective”); director Taika Waititi; actor Tessa Thompson; and cinematographer Rachel Morrison.
The mentors selected the filmmakers they wanted to support; two of the projects have ties to Showtime’s “The Chi” drama series set on Chicago’s South Side. At&T Hello Lab enlisted Fullscreen (owned by At&T and...
- 6/19/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety - Film News
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