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Filmmaker John Daniel Singleton, Dies at 51

John Daniel Singleton, Filmmaker

Legendary filmmaking John Daniel Singleton had a stroke several days ago. He began having pains in his legs and took himself to the hospital. Singleton has been in a coma for days and, sadly, the family will be taking him off life support today.

Read the full family statement below:

It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today.  This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.
https://www.thewrap.com/john-singleton-to-be-removed-from-life-support-family-says/

Announcement Source: The Wrap
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Award-Winning Independent Films at 17th UMFF 2018

The Urban Mediamakers Film Festival prides itself on bringing some of the best award-winning projects from around the world to metro-Atlanta. And this year is no different. The 17th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) projects competing are from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, France, Guiana, India, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tiawan, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States!

Check out some of the trailers – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2JO30Tm6jezx1USh-4vaGZ8pBuXSlAr_

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Urban Mediamakers Alumnus KADE WISE Recurring On Fox Drama Series ‘EMPIRE’

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Wise will play Preacher Azal, a politically conscious, Muslim rapper who piques Jamal Lyon’s (Jussie Smollett) musical interest. Hanks will play Blake, a blue-collar rapper, a skilled MC and and lyricist.

Season 4 has seen Lucious (Terrence Howard) battling to regain his physical and mental faculties after the explosion and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) with her own challenges, revisiting her traumatic 17 years in prison in a series of flashbacks.

Wise’s recent credits include guest starring roles in Lucifer on Fox, Showtime’s Homeland and the horror indie Murder in the Woods opposite Danny Trejo. He’s repped by Entertainment Lab and Global Artists Agency.

Hanks has recurred on IFC’s Maron, Showtime’s Shameless, and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, and guest-starred in BET’s Tales. His film credits include Bratz, Indiana Jones: The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Larry Crowne, and Project X. He’s repped by Untitled Entertainment and Loeb & Loeb.

Empire was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, who executive produce with Brian Grazer, showrunner Brett Mahoney, Ilene Chaiken, Francie Calfo and Sanaa Hamri.

Empire returns Wednesday, March 28 at 8/7c on Fox.

Source: http://deadline.com/2018/02/empire-kade-wise-chet-hanks-recur-fox-drama-series-1202278888/

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City of Atlanta Entertainment Training Partnership Program

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New Program Gives City Of Atlanta Residents Training And Direct Workforce Access To Georgia’s Growing Film Industry

About the City of Atlanta Entertainment Training Program

Mayor Kasim Reed and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local (IATSE) 479 recently launched the City of Atlanta Entertainment Training Program, the first job training program in the United States focused on helping the film industry build a talent pool of trained below-the-line workers with relevant experience.

The program, which is a four entity partnership between the Mayor’s Office of Film and Entertainment, IATSE Local 479, the film industry and WorkSource Atlanta, is currently in its pilot phase.

At no cost or liability to production companies, WorkSource Atlanta will identify qualified applicants for positions as trainees in motion picture and television productions in Atlanta. WorkSource Atlanta will also pay trainees’ wages for the length of the program, which is up to 17 weeks. Once trainees are accepted into the program, IATSE Local 479 will orient the trainees to the film industry through an intensive two-day workshop and work with production to place trainees on set.

The City of Atlanta Entertainment Training Program is organized through cohorts based on current productions that participate in the program. Depending on the production, the positions open to Atlanta residents vary, which means that the number of participants for each cohort will also vary.

How to Apply

Admission into this program is on a rolling basis. You must be an Atlanta resident.   Not sure if you live within city of Atlanta limits, find out here.Atlanta residents who are interested in participating must be 18 years of age, have a valid Georgia Driver’s License and must register with WorkSource Atlanta and complete the intake process.

After you register, you must attend a WorkSource Atlanta orientation session, which is offered every Wednesday at 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.  Please be sure to bring all documents listed on the WorkSource Atlanta registration page.

Once you’ve completed the intake process, you will be assigned a skills development advisor. Your skills development advisor will work with you to complete an individual employment plan, discuss how WorkSource Atlanta can support you if you want training from one of our approved training providers (Georgia Tech, Atlanta Tech, etc.) and update you when we start our next cohort in the film training program.

Your skills development advisor will help you register for an interview slot once we are ready to start our next cohort.

Registration for the film training program is done on a rolling basis – we interview prospective participants as soon as we find production entities who are looking for placements. A

For further questions, email atlfilmtraining@atlantaga.gov.