Nekisa Cooper, winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award with director Dee Rees for their Sundance break-out Pariah, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Project Involve Fellowship. Film Independent and the Fox | HBCU Media Alliance (FHMA) partnered on the new initiative in association with Film Independent’s Project Involve program, which fosters the development of filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities. Cooper will receive a $10,000 grant prize for her next feature Bolo, a Southern crime thriller that reteams her director Rees in the story of a Memphis police detective investigating a murder in her own community.
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