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August 3, 2020

Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2):

“BUSINESS AS USUAL IS NOT POSSIBLE” – Launched earlier in July with an open letter emailed across the industry with this arresting title in the subject line, the Arts in Color Collective is an anonymous collective of BIPOC film professionals who, through talking to each other over the past year, have discovered that our complaints of this industry are the same. 

Featured on its website (https://www.artsincolor.org/), the collective is urging the industry to put its “empathy into action by reading and signing the following 10-point pledge’’ in the wake of the numerous statements of intent and solidarity that we have read in recent months. In addition to the call to action beyond performativity, the collective has instigated a survey to gather information about BIPOC workers and leadership in media arts organizations. 

July 15, 2020

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The Ally Pledge: This started making the rounds on Tuesday and is a must read, must sign, must take action manifesto: "To Our White Colleagues in the Independent Film and Television Industry: There have been many open letters recently. This is a direct letter, to you, our bosses and colleagues, and from your BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) peers. We are an anonymous collective of film professionals who, through talking to each other over the past year, have discovered our complaints of this industry are the same. We see there’s a problem, and now it’s time for you to see there’s a problem. We have included direct, immediate actions you can take.  It is time to take the focus off those 'excluded' and on to the behaviors of those who do the excluding." Read the whole letter, take the pledge and take action all from this website.