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Trump’s DEI Attacks Are Creating Real-Time Destruction for Filmmakers of Color

As Trump attacks diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, the damage is already being done for independent filmmakers.

Karen Horne Getty Images For NAACP Disney senior VP and Chief Diversity Officer Latondra Newton left the studio in June 2023, after 6 years in the role. “They are totally dismantling divisions within our business that people spent entire careers building,” said producer Deniese Davis, CEO of Reform Media and co-founder of Issa Rae’s production company, ColorCreative. Adrienne Becker, co-founder of Level Forward, which focuses on diverse projects like Monica Sorelle’s “Mountains” and Alex Heller’s “The Year Between,” also points to the overall stresses on independent films and media compounded by the Trump agenda.

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