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Academy Launches Inclusive Mentorship Program

Academy Launches Inclusive Mentorship Program

by The Daily Eye Team April 17 2017, 3:44 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

The film academy is launching a new mentorship program for students and young professionals from “underrepresented communities,” AMPAS said on Wednesday, called Academy Gold. The governing body of the Oscars has recruited top entertainment companies — including major studios Disney, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Sony — to sponsor three interns each for the inaugural program. Academy Gold aims to build a network of diverse talent from which “top film entertainment, technology, production services and digital media companies” can hire. It begins in June with 50 participants, 15 of whom will be working within the Academy itself, and spans eight weeks

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