Netflix pledges nearly £4m to support black creators and black-owned businesses
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Netflix pledges nearly £4m to support black creators and black-owned businesses

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Netflix is set to donate £3.9m to black creators, youth programmes and black-owned businesses amid worldwide Black Lives Matter protests. “As an additional step, today we’re committing $5 million to non-profits dedicated to creating direct opportunities for Black creators, Black youth and Black-owned businesses.” £1.1m will be split between creative projects Ghetto Film School, Film Independent’s Project Involve, Firelight Media and Black Public Media, while youth programmes Black Girls Code, the Posse Foundation and Know Your Rights Camp will receive a share of a £789,000 donation. The Know Your Rights Camp was set up by American football star and activist Colin Kaepernick and aims to empower “Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.” Last week, Netflix announced that they had curated a special “Black Lives Matter” collection on their platform, featuring the best films, TV series and stand-up specials from black creators. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “With an understanding that our commitment to true, systemic change will take time – we’re starting by highlighting powerful and complex narratives about the Black experience.”

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