EP 11. Empowering the Next Generation of BIPOC Filmmakers With Jeanette Lam of Youth FX

Show SummaryIn this episode, Jason Rebello and guest host Felicia Scott talk to documentary filmmaker, writer, educator, and community organizer Jeanette Lam of Youth FX. Jeanette shares how she found her voice in film as an Asian American queer woman, and how she’s helping others do the same through her work with BIPOC filmmakers and her riveting work in the documentary short, A Flower in a Dark Place.Learning Highlights From This Episode: How Jeanette’s film “A Flower in a Dark Place” amplified the voice of incarcerated youthWhat makes filmmaking either a harmful or healing processHow Jeanette has learned how to “take up space” as an Asian American queer womanWays we can end anti-Blackness in solidarity togetherEPISODE WEBSITE W/ RESOURCES, GUEST BIO & FULL TRANSCRIPT:https://www.fireflyinclusion.com/news-notes/2021/empowering-the-next-generation-of-bipoc-filmmakers-with-jeanette-lam-of-youth-fx-FIREFLY INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fireflyinclusion/FIREFLY LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/firefly-inclusion-solutions/FIREFLY SUBSTACK: https://fireflyinclusion.substack.com/