Ali Stroker, Michelle Buteau, Matthew Jeffers and Paul Raci will serve as presenters during the 2021 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition 2.0.
The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge will present five awards: best film (presented by WarnerMedia), best director (presented by WarnerMedia), best editor (presented by Adobe), best actor (presented by IMDbPro) and the awareness campaign award (presented by ViacomCBS). The virtual awards ceremony will take place on May 6.
The film challenge will be judged by Jim LeBrecht, Lawrence Carter-Long, Nicole Castro, Kat Coiro, Jenni Gold, Brett Greenstein, Sheri Linden, PvNew‘s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin, Jillian Mercado, Col Needham, Mark Povaneli, Richard Propes, Gil Robertson, Lolo Spencer, Stephanie Thomas, Mara Webster, Jennifer Wilson, Stacey Wilson Hunt and Danny Woodburn.
Launched in 2014 by Nic Novicki, the challenge invites aspiring storytellers to write and produce short films that showcase disabilities in their many forms. Winners will receive prizes such as mentorship meetings with entertainment professionals, $1,500 grants provided by NBCUniversal, being highlighted in a video playlist on the homepage of IMDb and other gifts to help them achieve their career goals.
Hillary Clinton to Appear at York Theatre Company Benefit
Hillary Clinton will deliver the closing remarks at an all-star-cast fundraiser to help rebuild New York City’s York Theatre Company after it was damaged due to a devastating water main break in January. The benefit will feature a virtual production of the off-Broadway hit “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)” with performances by Lewis Black, Debra Messing, Betty Buckley, Colleen Ballinger, Matthew Broderick, André De Shields, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Kind, Jane Krakowski, Patti LuPone, Telly Leung, Andrea McArdle, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Isaac Mizrahi, Mandy Patinkin, Martha Plimpton, Randy Rainbow, Chita Rivera, Mercedes Ruehl, and Lillias White. The event premieres on yorktheatre.org on April. 18.
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