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Thanks for being a subscriber to TLL Highlights! As a quick reminder, this is a biweekly newsletter edited by Justina, Wandy, and Kim of The Light Leaks featuring all of the Light Leak’s newest content, exclusives, upcoming events, and news. Plus this newsletter will ALWAYS include a skills section on new opportunities, resources, and more for creatives.Celebrate Women’s History month with us by sending TLL Highlights to a friend! 🎬

• We’re doing a 💐SPRING CLEANING SALE💐 for our entire online store, and we’re making sure our newsletter subscribers are the first to know! Use the discount code SPRING25for 25% off on that tote, pin or sticker you’ve had your eye on while we’ve still got ‘em! This is the LAST TIME these items will be in stock. Sale ends April 1!

• Our next monthly Writing Session + Virtual Mixer is coming up on March 18 at 8 PM EST/5 PM EST! It’s a no-pressure, chill chance for for women and nonbinary creatives to connect during our coworking sesh! It’s free too, so RSVP and we’ll see you online soon!😊💻

• To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re hosting a virtual movie night on March 27 to watch "The 40 Year Old Version" on Netflix, produced by Lena Waithe. ⁠Head to our site to read up on the film and sign up!

• The Light Leaks is an online community that has positive, and very real IRL effects—meet Sumayyah! After getting a paying gig through connecting with someone in the TLL community, Sumayyah felt a confidence boost and community support!

• A look at queer and trans representation on-screen by one of TLL’s own, our partnerships and brand developer Sophie! They’re focusing on Euphoria’s portrayal of queer and trans teenage experiences, which is helmed largely by actress, Hunter Schafer’s identity. Read why the series’ coming-of-age story strikes a personal chord with them here.

• Still reminiscing on last month’s Writing Session + Virtual Mixer….💕Thank you so much to all who attended! We hope to see new and returning faces at our next one!

• Looking for more ways to support women in film this Women’s History Month? Here's a look ahead at the remaining weeks of events for the Athena Film Festival—they have so many brilliant women-led panel conversations being released and live Q&A's with female filmmakers. 

  • 💫The latest films available to stream on the Athena Film Festival site are Belly of the Beast, La Madrina: The (Savage) Life of Lorine Padilla, The 8th, and Underplayed. Buy your ticket to watch these films and others at a 10% discount with our code AFFMEM10.

  • 💫Attend one of the plentiful FREE panels AFF has in store including Disability Access and Visibility in Film and Television, Producing During and After COVID, and Master Class with Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett. 

  • 💫It’s not too late to purchase an All-Access Pass to enjoy all 33 films on the slate! Use code AFF10OFF for 10% off.

• With the release of ‘Coming 2 America’, critics both celebrate the impact of the much loved Eddie Murphy series but also dissect how Africa is viewed in Western cinema.

• Read up about the women in film from the past! These are the women directors of the 1970s that are now being celebrated in 2021.

• Sadly, ‘Pose’ will be ending with season 3. The steps this show has made for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC representation on screen will be unforgettable.

• A new trailer for ‘In the Heights’ has been released alongside 6 new posters! Release is on June 16, 2021.

• There’s been an account of colorism on the set of HBO’s ‘Lovecraft County’ that needs addressing, read more about it here.

• Hollywood is talking vaccinations and ongoing productions — check out the latest.

• FYI: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is going to be a stage musical.

• 🗣Black creators stand up! Negra Noir is accepting submissions from Black femme filmmakers (from the US and abroad) to showcase at their upcoming film festival. The deadline to submit is March 31st, 11:59pm EST.

• Show off your POV as a BIPOC content creator and PBS just might fund your project! 👀Submit your ongoing documentary production to PBS’s Open Call by April 6th, 5pm EST.

• ViacomCBS is opening the door to diverse writers to join their 8-month Writers Mentoring Program. Through mentoring, workshopping, and observing, this program is designed to set aspiring writers up for success! If this piques your interest, don’t hesitate to apply! Applications close May 1st, 11:59pm PST.

• Craving for more opportunities like this? We got you.💫Catch up on the latest opportunities we’ve flagged down on our resource page.

• Here at TLL, we value our community's needs and creative ideas. That's why we created The Light Leaks Feedback Form. Is there something you want to see more or less of from us? Submit your thoughts and let us know!

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