Rideback Rise

The mission of Rideback RISE is to support and empower mid-career POC artists and creators to create commercial film and television across genres while reflecting our multicultural society to help propel narrative change and advance racial equity.

The RISE Fellowship identifies an annual cohort of Fellows who are supported financially and creatively to make commercial film and television projects across all genres. Fellows are experienced and established writers, filmmakers and creative entrepreneurs from throughout the industry. From approximately five Fellows and 10 Residents in Year 1, the program will scale in cohort size each year.

RISE also fosters the next generation of creative talent through the RISE Circle, a network of hundreds of mid-career writers and filmmakers who take part in and directly benefit from RISE programming including masterclasses taught by top industry icons, professional writing/development courses, and networking events.

Learn more at ridebackrise.org