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The Filmmakers Legal Clinic provides free transactional, intellectual property and First Amendment legal services to independent filmmakers whose work encourages and accelerates social change.

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Representation

FLC provides individual representation to independent filmmakers and visual journalists, and offers legal resources to educate and empower visual advocates.

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Training

FLC collaborates with organizations and partners around the country, hosting trainings and educational sessions for filmmakers.

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Targeted initiatives addressing filmmakers’ urgent needs on a range of legal issues.

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Film Series

FLC highlights important films, by hosting panel discussions, interactive events, and post-screening Q&As.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

The Black TV & Film Collective leads professional development events and workshops. These are opportunities for artists to get better at their craft by both reinforcing existing skills and developing new ones. FLC will continue this partnership in the 2022-23 academic year, to provide counsel and advice to BTFC filmmakers.

FLC, in ongoing partnership with Ghetto Film School, will continue to provide in-depth legal trainings on topics most relevant to GFS members. Past topics have included film financing, entity formation and copyright law.

FLC and NYU Production Lab have a productive partnership, providing ongoing legal training to the filmmakers NYU supports. Upcoming legal trainings will cover music licensing in film, entity formation, and other topics important to NYU filmmakers.