Macro & CLF's AI Fellowship: Empowering Black Filmmakers

0:00It's April 28th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered Entertainment Report. Mac Girl and Andreson Harowitz's Cultural Leadership Fund just dropped the first class for the Epigraph Creator Fellowship. This program hooks up seven talented filmmakers, Bianca Lambert, Shazotair Martin, John Burr, Justice Whitaker, Nick Burrilli, Suleiman Tahir, and Teddra Wilson, with cutting-edge AI tools to level up their storytelling. These creators have already made waves at Spaslai Tribeca, the American Black Film Festival, slam dance and essence, plus streams on Prime Video, HBO Max, Paramount Plus, and Netflix. Macro, the company behind hits like Judas, and the Black Messiah, and, sorry to bother you, teamed up with the CLF, the first venture fund run by Black, cultural leaders, to make this happen. The goal is straightforward, give culture-defining creators direct access to tech that's changing

1:01how stories get made. Stacey Walker King, from Macro, says storytellers leave the culture, and this fellowship hands them the tech power to build bigger worlds. Judy and Small John Louis, from the CLF, adds it's about smashing silos between creators and tech folks for real collaboration. Over eight weeks, the fellows get hands-on training and resources from partners like Open AI, 11 Labs, and Descript, ending with a showcase at. Macro's Summer House creator summit in Los Angeles this summer. This could redefine how AI fuels diverse voices in film.