First Look Media's Field of Vision and Topic Studios, producer of the Oscar-winning 'Spotlight,' have launched a $250,000 relief fund offering emergency grants to freelancers in the documentary industry severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic
, have launched a $250,000 relief fund offering emergency grants to freelancers in the documentary industry severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recipients, including unemployed doc directors and producers and even publicists and researchers, will receive $2,000 each to help pay for rent, healthcare, bills and groceries and other immediate needs, with the funds to be handed out in two separate tranches in April and May. "This is an incredibly hard time for the documentary field and we're hoping the fund is able to offer some relief," Field of Vision co-founder and executive producer Charlotte Cook said in a statement on Tuesday.
The funding will come from Field of Vision and Topic Studios' current operating budgets. "We hope to respond to the needs of our collaborators in the documentary community and look forward to a time, hopefully soon, when our main focus will again be on making great work together," Maria Zuckerman, executive vp of Topic Studios and a former HBO exec, added in her own statement..
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