Cosby Program Seeking Black Screen Writers | News One

 

 

The Cosby Program, established by Drs. Bill and Camille Cosby, is seeking talented African-American screen writers for a 15-week program that begins early 2012.

The program is not designed for beginning-level writers, though a degree in cinematic writing or filmmaking is not required. Applicants are required to have taken a few workshops or classes in the past.

Applications can be submitted until September 15th 2011.

An application includes a statement expressing interest in the program; a completed script for a feature film, sitcom or one hour drama; a treatment or outline for a new unscripted feature or television script for a show that is currently on air, a resume and a description of coursework taken in studying writing.

Read more about the program at CosbyProgram.com

Cosby Program Seeking Black Screen Writers | News One.

The story of Radmilla Cody, first Miss Navajo of African descent, told in a new film

Radmilla and her sister

Radmilla Cody

“Radmilla Cody knows the way home. It’s not an easy journey. The dirt roads are canoe-shaped and gouged by rain. They curl around hills and plunge into deep draws, finally bringing us to the family homestead near Grand Falls, on the Navajo Reservation.

Cody grew up on these lonesome sage flats. Her Navajo mother, Margaret, took off to Georgia shortly after giving birth to Cody at age 18. Her father, Troy Davis, was a 43-year-old black man who worked as a driver for a Ford dealer in Flagstaff. Her grandmother, Dorothy, raised her the Navajo way.”

via High Country News.

Visit her website http://www.radmillacody.net/