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Film Lab

The Film Lab(TM) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion and support of gender and racial parity in film and television programming. Through our public programming, 72 Hour Shootout filmmaking competition and in-house entertainment production arm, AAFL-TV, we ensure that stories and voices too often silenced in mainstream media are heard, not just as whispers, but as shouts to the world.

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Our November News is here

December 11, 2022, at 3pm EST

The Final Unfinished Works Screenplay Reading and Workshop of the Year

Join Andy Lee and the Film Lab team to hear some incredible new writers of diverse works! RSVP here!

Watch last month’s “MAKWA & Witches are B*tches” – A Screenplay Reading and Workshop, part of the Unfinished Works program, featuring screenplays by Johnny Cole and Jazmine Cornielle here

FILM LAB PRESENTS Season 15 airs Sundays at 5:30!

Watch Discrimi*NATION here and submit your thoughts to help #StopAAPIHate

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"Entertainment media is the method by which we as a country leave our history and tell our story about who we are as a people to the rest of the world."
— @JenBetitYen, Honoree for the #APAHM Reception at Gracie Mansion pic.twitter.com/c1H5k0cISp

— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) May 10, 2019

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Jennifer Betit Yen

Jennifer Betit Yen

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Gudger Goodyear

Gudger Goodyear

James Kyson

James Kyson

Ray Lanuza

Ray Lanuza

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72 Hour Shootout Coordinator

72 Hour Shootout Coordinator

Andy Lee

Andy Lee

Cheryl L. Davis

Cheryl L. Davis

Constance Allison

Constance Allison

Georges Bridges

Georges Bridges

Luana Sandoval

Luana Sandoval