“These young women are yearning for the same thing I did and do: they want to see themselves a
“These young women are yearning for the same thing I did and do: they want to see themselves as protagonists in their own stories; they want to go into a theater and see themselves on screen. That interaction gave me the courage and confidence to keep going.” - Head First Into the Deep End WOMEN IN PRODUCTION | Writer, Director, Producer | Joyce Wu A current MFA candidate in Film Production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Joyce Wu is working on her very first feature film, The Real Mikado, a coming-of-age story about a young woman who goes home to Detroit and is tasked with saving the local theatre. In a recent HuffPo article, Kia Makarechi reminds us how, while Actors of Color are receiving acclaim for their roles in film and television, these roles “literally could not have been given to white actors,” because all of the projects were based on true, heavily racialized experiences. Wu is one of many filmmakers who are determined to create stories for People of Color that are not defined by their race. She sees how diverse these stories can be and how narrow a view Hollywood takes when it comes to telling them. Sponsored by the non-profit arts organization, Fracture Atlas, Wu is finishing up production on her film and will soon be taking the festival circuits by storm. [photo source: joycewu.com] -- source link
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