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Bronx Filmmakers Collective

FLC’s Director Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin hosted a lecture and discussion about employment contracts in the film industry, focusing on cast and crew and non-union contracts, for members of TBxF.

The Last Blockbuster

This fun, quirky documentary tells the history of the company Blockbuster from its founding in Dallas, Texas in 1985 to its current, diminished state—with one franchised store remaining open in Bend, Oregon. The film premiered on Netflix.

Farewell Amor

Huriyyah Muhammad picked up the Producer’s Award for this powerful film about Angolan refugee Walter, who reunites with his family in New York City after an extensive exile. Our client also sold the North American film rights to IFC films.

FLC + Ghetto Film School

FLC presented an overview of its Clinic and services as part of Ghetto Film School’s “In the Know” Program and hosted a pop up legal clinic for GFS Filmmakers.

Marisol

Currently streaming on HBO, Marisol addresses the BIPOC experience in America as the title character and her daughter try to survive in New York City.

Trans in America

This powerful story of a transgender six-year-old Texan—directed by Daresha Kyi—won an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary.

Boxers of Brule

Writer, producer, director Jessie Adler proved she was a triple threat at the Big Sky Festival, with her debut documentary on the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation’s girls boxing team.

Featured Events

  • NYU <br> Production Lab

    NYU
    Production Lab

    Director Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin spoke on NYU Production Lab’s Rethinking Labor in the Entertainment Industry, preparing filmmakers to navigate employment contracts and also encouraging the industry to think deeply about labor practices. Watch a recording of the event here.

  • Sundance<br>Institute

    Sundance
    Institute

    FLC hosted our partner the Sundance Institute for a pop-up legal clinic. Our student legal teams provided the Sundance fellows with bespoke legal advice on their most pressing questions.

  • Director<br>TJ Parsell

    Director
    TJ Parsell

    Filmmaker, author, and human rights advocate @tjparsell spoke to FLC Legal Clinic students about indie filmmaking and his award-winning documentary “Invisible” – highlighting unseen gay women songwriters in country music.

  • Miranda Foundation

    Miranda Foundation

    Professor Greenberg-Kobrin—Director and Clinical Associate Professor of Law—gave an in-depth lecture on “how to read your contract” to a group of the Miranda Family Fellows. The lecture was tailored to address contracts for actors, managers, and agents.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Black TV and Film Collective (BTFC)

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.

Ghetto Film School Trainings

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.

NYU Monthly 'Lunch and Learns'

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, fair use, and other topics important to NYU filmmakers.

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