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Board Member Jonathan Majors Details the Mission of The Gotham’s Sidney Poitier Initiative

By Angelique Jackson for Variety

When Jonathan Majors was a student at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, he taped a photocopied black and white headshot of Oscar-winning actor, director and activist Sidney Poitier on his wall.

“That’s the thing about Sidney, a lot of people know him from all his beautiful film …

2022 Cannes Film Festival with The Gotham

That’s a wrap on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Among the filmmakers, cinephiles, industry professionals, and press that gathered on the French Riviera for the festival’s 75th anniversary from May 17 to May 28, were many members of The Gotham community. 

The Gotham’s history at the festival and Marche Du Film …

Owning It Accountability Challenge Cohort Selected for March 2022

As part of The Gotham’s Owning It program, the Pitch Deck Accountability Challenge connects 12 women and non-binary creators working on film, TV series, or audio/podcast pitch decks with an accountability partner and expert industry mentors to refine their current pitches.

Over the month of March, participants will participate in workshops …

The Gotham Supports the Muslim and MENASA Community

This letter is in reference to the Jihad Rehab conversation that has grown out of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month as well as subsequent communications The Gotham has received.

The Gotham Labs (formerly IFP Labs) have a long history of supporting independent filmmakers and providing mentorship during post-production. We do not …

We Are The Gotham: GothamEDU alumnus Barento Taha on pursuing career in social impact filmmaking

An alumnus of the GothamEDU Summer 2021 program, Barento Taha’s path to filmmaking has been a winding one.

After earning degrees in neuroscience and public health, Taha pivoted to film, seeking a space of honesty and social impact. He is a recipient of the Joel Schumacher Mentorship Award, which honors Schumacher’s …

Two Gotham-supported producers selected to participate in 2022 European Film Market Toolbox Program

The Gotham is proud to announce the two producers selected to participate in the European Film Market’s Toolbox Programmes for 2022! They are Leah Chen Baker (fiction, The President’s Cake) and Darcy McKinnon (documentary, Roleplay).

Leah Chen Baker (left) is a producer and filmmaker. She attended NYU’s Graduate Film Program, is the 2020 recipient of the Media …

We Are The Gotham: Andrew Semans, Writer & Director, on indie filmmaking and world premiere of ‘Resurrection’ at 2022 Sundance Film Festival

Andrew Semans’s new film, Resurrection, had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival last week, nearly seven years after Semans participated in the 2015 Gotham Week Project Market with its early script.

In his Q&A with The Gotham, Semans talks about the film’s inspiration and its journey from script …