Inevitable Foundation has announced the winners of its partnership with the Loreen Arbus Foundation to support disabled women and nonbinary writers.
The recipients are Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Melanie Abrams Fierstein, Natalia Temesgen and Anne Hamilton, who will each receive an $8,000 grant as well as mentorship, coaching and professional connections.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome our newest members of Elevate Collective with the support of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, who shares our steadfast dedication to elevating the voices of disabled creatives,” stated Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska. “Loreen’s unparalleled legacy of championing disabled creatives continues to impact the entertainment landscape — and these four disabled creatives — at-large.”
Added Arbus: “Given my lifelong commitment to advocating for the rights and opportunities of individuals with disabilities, I am thrilled to support this diverse cohort of writers and filmmakers. Together, we aim to provide these creatives with the necessary resources...
The recipients are Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Melanie Abrams Fierstein, Natalia Temesgen and Anne Hamilton, who will each receive an $8,000 grant as well as mentorship, coaching and professional connections.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome our newest members of Elevate Collective with the support of The Loreen Arbus Foundation, who shares our steadfast dedication to elevating the voices of disabled creatives,” stated Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska. “Loreen’s unparalleled legacy of championing disabled creatives continues to impact the entertainment landscape — and these four disabled creatives — at-large.”
Added Arbus: “Given my lifelong commitment to advocating for the rights and opportunities of individuals with disabilities, I am thrilled to support this diverse cohort of writers and filmmakers. Together, we aim to provide these creatives with the necessary resources...
- 4/30/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries is introducing a new signature mystery with Redemption in Cherry Springs.
Rochelle Aytes stars as Melanie, a lauded journalist who returns to her hometown, and Keith Robinson stars as a new detective in Cherry Springs named Jake.
As is often the case with mysteries like these, when tragedy strikes someone near to her, Melanie cannot sit idly by, and soon, she and Jake are trading information on a case very close to her heart.
Both actors have worked with Hallmark before, so getting them interested in joining Redemption in Cherry Springs wasn't hard.
Rochelle said, "When they offered me this, and I read the script, it was just a character that I hadn't played before. And I got to just kind of be a bad-ass, and it was a lot of fun."
Keith, too, was intrigued by the idea. "I thought it was kind of different for a Hallmark movie,...
Rochelle Aytes stars as Melanie, a lauded journalist who returns to her hometown, and Keith Robinson stars as a new detective in Cherry Springs named Jake.
As is often the case with mysteries like these, when tragedy strikes someone near to her, Melanie cannot sit idly by, and soon, she and Jake are trading information on a case very close to her heart.
Both actors have worked with Hallmark before, so getting them interested in joining Redemption in Cherry Springs wasn't hard.
Rochelle said, "When they offered me this, and I read the script, it was just a character that I hadn't played before. And I got to just kind of be a bad-ass, and it was a lot of fun."
Keith, too, was intrigued by the idea. "I thought it was kind of different for a Hallmark movie,...
- 9/11/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
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