This week, an exclusive conversation with George Clooney. In 2022, the Oscar-winning filmmaker helped establish the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet School at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles.
In 2022, the Oscar-winning filmmaker helped establish the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet School at the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center inThe program, a public-private partnership aims to provide a pipeline to the film industry for students from underserved communities, has been described by U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as a model for the nation.
Following a visit to Roybal with Cardona, advisory board members Don Cheadle and Mindy Kaling, Second Gentleman of the U.S. Doug Emhoff, and other high profile industry executives, Clooney sat down withTHE ISSUE IS: THE IDEA BEHIND THE ROYBAL FILM AND TV PRODUCTION MAGNET CLOONEY’S CENTRAL TAKE: "We have a problem in our industry with diversity, you know, particularly not as much in front of the camera, honestly, we're getting better at that, but behind the camera, you know, if you go to the sets, they don't represent what the rest of the country looks like.
"We thought, well, if we get them into learning this trade in 10th grade and 11th grade and 12th grade, tying the curriculum directly to the school, so these kids that you see that you saw today, they're going to get a diploma, they can go to college if they want, and they might very well want to, but they're also going to get an internship and apprenticeships…"There's so many young people who don't even know these jobs exist, you know - they're kind of legacy jobs...
"We're just trying to level the playing field. You know, it's a funny thing, there's a lot of political, you know, issues that come into play, obviously, when you talk about government spending and things like this.
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