1 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to Strictly Business, Variety's weekly podcast featuring conversations with 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: industry leaders about the business of media and entertainment. I'm 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: Cynthia Lyttleton, co editor in chief for Variety. Today's podcast 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: is a departure from our usual format. We're doing a 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: deep dive into the history of the Maiden New York Program. 6 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: This is a job training program funded by the City 7 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: of New York that is designed to open doors for 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: jobs as production assistants for low income New Yorkers. Maid 9 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: in New York began in two thousand and six during 10 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: the Michael Bloomberg mayoral administration. More than eleven hundred New 11 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: Yorkers have since gone through the four week intensive program, 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: and many of them are working in highly paid union 13 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: jobs in the industry today. Maid In New York has 14 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: just released a long term repar that shows for every 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars invested in the training, the participant's earnings 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: power grew eighteen times over a five year period. There 17 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: are other glowing statistics in the report that reinforce the 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: teach a person to fish value of these kinds of 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: training and career support programs. In our discussion, we'll hear 20 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: from Katherine Oliver, who was a key player in launching 21 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: Made in New York. When the program was born, she 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: was head of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 23 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: Today she's a principal at Bloomberg Philanthropies, which commission the study. 24 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: We'll also hear from others involved in the program, including 25 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: perspective from a veteran line producer who has experienced hiring 26 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: Made in New York grads. Here, I'll let our guests 27 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: introduce themselves so listeners will know who's who. 28 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: My name is Venus Anderson. I'm the director of media 29 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: programs here at the MAID and New York KA Training 30 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: Program and also the Post Production Assistant Training Program. 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 3: I'm portb, a local by the way, depty commissioner for 32 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 3: film with the Mayor's Office and Media Entretation. 33 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 4: Hello, my name's at Duado Holder. I was in the 34 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 4: maiden New York Production Assistant program. 35 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: I graduated cycle sixty. 36 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 5: My name is Paradise. I was born and raised in 37 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 5: New York. 38 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 6: Katherine Oliver, principal at Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner of 39 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 6: the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 40 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 7: This is South Iago Kenyonis, I'm a producer in New York. 41 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: Thanks so much. I can't wait to get started on 42 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: a lively discussion about the ROI of investing in human 43 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: capital that's coming up right after this break. 44 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 8: Strictly Business is presented by Universal Studio Group, which houses 45 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 8: NBC Universal's four powerhouse television studios, Universal Television, UCP, Universal Television, 46 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 8: Alternative Studio, and Universal International Studios. Collectively, the four premium 47 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 8: studio brands produce over three thousand hours of programming currently 48 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 8: airing or streaming around the globe and own one of 49 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 8: the largest libraries in the world. To view Universal Studio 50 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 8: Group's Emmy eligible content, please visit UNIVERSALFYC dot com. 51 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 5: Thank you all so much for joining me here on 52 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 5: Monday juneteenth to talk about the success of an incredibly 53 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 5: important and impactful program that has been changing lives in 54 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,279 Speaker 5: New York City now for going on fifteen years. Catherine, 55 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 5: here we are in twenty twenty three. You have an 56 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 5: incredible I think it's about a twenty five page report 57 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 5: that just details the incredible impact in a relatively narrow 58 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 5: area of employment, the incredible impact of focus and intention 59 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: and resources can do. Can you take your mind back 60 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 5: to the two thousand and five two thousand and six 61 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 5: era and talk about the spark. What was the spark 62 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 5: for this program? What were you what were you trying 63 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 5: to address in creating Maiden Aline. 64 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 6: The city of New York really experienced a renaissance of 65 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 6: film and television production during the Bloomberg administration. And it 66 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 6: was back at the end of four beginning of five 67 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 6: that the Maid in New York tax Incentive program, the 68 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 6: very first tax credit in the city and state of 69 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 6: New York ever, was passed. And it was shortly after 70 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 6: that the floodgates open and production escalated in the city. 71 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 6: And we had been working really hard to make New 72 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 6: York City a premier shooting location. After a lot of 73 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 6: the business left after nine to eleven, the industry was 74 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 6: just surging and we were starting to hear reports that 75 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 6: neighborhoods were getting burnt out. There was too much production 76 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 6: in New York. So in a very short period of time, 77 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 6: you know, it was feast or famine. You know, there 78 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 6: was a lot of production in New York and the 79 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 6: Film office has got a very unenviable They're in an 80 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 6: unenviable position that they have to balance the needs of 81 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 6: customer service, making the production happy, giving them access, and 82 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 6: also being sensitive that we're a city of eight and 83 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 6: a half million people and their quality of life issues, 84 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 6: you know, for residents, for businesses that thrive on the 85 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 6: streets and sidewalks of our city. And so we saw 86 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 6: a unique opportunity. The industry was growing, and from an 87 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 6: economic development standpoint, this was a sector that was growing, 88 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 6: and we were looking around at the productions and seeing 89 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 6: that they needed to be more diverse. The productions, the 90 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 6: crews needed to be more reflective of the city that 91 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 6: they served and were working in. And so there was 92 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 6: a unique opportunity to create a pipeline for more job 93 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 6: opportunity in New York to throat industry. And at the 94 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 6: same time, the Film Office had the task of maintaining 95 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 6: law and order, if you will, on with productions in 96 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 6: these communities. So we created so we thought, we need 97 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 6: a training program, We need an extension of the film office, 98 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 6: and a production assistant is the face of a production 99 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 6: in a community. And so we thought, if we work 100 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 6: with the pas and train them and educate them about 101 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 6: what are the requirements of a permit, what are the 102 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 6: rules of engagement when working in New York City that 103 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 6: everyone would have a more positive experience. But the Film 104 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 6: Office didn't know how to do job training. So we 105 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 6: looked around and we looked at some of the entities 106 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 6: in the city that we're doing job training in different sectors, 107 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 6: and we discovered Brooklyn Workforce Innovations originally based in Sunset 108 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 6: Park and they did job training for unemployed and underemployed 109 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 6: New Yorkers. And you know, cold Call reached out to 110 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 6: Aaron and team and this was in two thousand and five, 111 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 6: two thousand and six, and said, we know about film production, 112 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 6: you know about job training. Let's work together. So we 113 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 6: created this program and we set out on you know, 114 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 6: launching it, and it's been phenomenally successful. We've heard a 115 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 6: lot of anecdotes through the years and so now we 116 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 6: have some data to put behind that that really paints 117 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 6: a beautiful picture of economic development career opportunities for underserved 118 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 6: New Yorkers. So we couldn't be more proud. 119 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 5: For all of you that are now engaged in this work. 120 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 5: What as as growing up as youths, what was your 121 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 5: awareness of the potential for job opportunities in this area. 122 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 5: Were you aware that film and television production was a thing, 123 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 5: and that there was a lot. There was a lot 124 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 5: and more going on film and TV and even Broadway. 125 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 5: What was your awareness of employment opportunities at less than 126 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 5: the movie star and you know, top big name director. 127 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 5: What was your awareness of the kind of job opportunities 128 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 5: that you're involved with now when you were growing up 129 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 5: as youth city New York City. 130 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: As a born and bred New Yorker, I knew very 131 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 2: little about the TV and film industry. When you're growing 132 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: up as a kid in the eighties and the nineties, 133 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: you hear about people becoming passion models and maybe even 134 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 2: actors on soap operas because that was a big thing, 135 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 2: but not so much people working behind the scenes. And 136 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 2: I remember talking to my uncle, who, when I was younger, 137 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: wanted to be an actor. And he's very unique in 138 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 2: terms of almost every one of my family has a 139 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: city job bus drivers, police officers, and things like that, 140 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 2: but he wanted to be an actor and that didn't 141 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 2: quite pan out. He wound up having a family and 142 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: wound up kind of moonlighting as a parking PA on 143 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: this show in the nineties called New York Undercover. And 144 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: I used to think that was so cool because they 145 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 2: even threw him in as an extra. So I had 146 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: to be maybe about twelve or thirteen years old, and 147 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 2: I remember seeing him on camera, but he said, you know, 148 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: most of my work happens behind the scenes, and I 149 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: was like, you know, I need to dig more and 150 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 2: do more research about the TV and film industry. I 151 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: think at that time, I was still disillusioned with the 152 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 2: fact that everything happens in Hollywood, and maybe there's those 153 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 2: one or two shows that were The New York Undercovers 154 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: or the Law and Orders. Back then in the nineties, 155 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: there really wasn't too much going on that, you know, 156 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: you had to move to Hollywood. So when I went 157 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: to school, my roommate was really into TV and film 158 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: and she told me after she graduated, she was going 159 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 2: to move to LA to pursue that career. And I 160 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 2: was like, well, isn't there a scene in New York 161 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: And you know, I'm going to move back to New 162 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 2: York and maybe you can just move back with me, 163 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 2: and she's like no, So she went to LA and 164 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 2: she works in TV and film, and when I came 165 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,439 Speaker 2: back to New York, I still did not see those 166 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 2: opportunities here. There was no one waiting for someone with 167 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: a college degree to say, hey, why don't you work 168 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 2: in the film industry. I would apply to internships, and 169 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 2: no one was taking anyone for an internship that wasn't 170 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 2: enrolled in school. 171 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 9: My mom was a single mom, and so we didn't 172 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 9: really have many opportunities to like view people going to 173 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 9: college and stuff like that. She kind of had to 174 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 9: go straight to work. And my mom was the best 175 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 9: mom that she could be given the circumstances. But we 176 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 9: grew up not in the best situations, and so I 177 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 9: got a ged in Rikers Island. I didn't really have. 178 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 5: Like a path or I. 179 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 9: Didn't know where I wanted to go, and when I 180 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 9: walked into BWI, I still was unsure. I thought I 181 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 9: was going to be an uber driver and they were like, 182 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 9: we'll teach you how to get your license. So I 183 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 9: was like, I'll get the license and see what we 184 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 9: can do. And then they said, you know, we have 185 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 9: this training program where you could work on TV and film, 186 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 9: and I was like, well, you got me. 187 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 6: The ad works for me. 188 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 5: I'll go I'll give it a try. 189 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 9: And then you know, that was my first introduction to 190 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 9: working in TV and film prior to that The only 191 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 9: you know, understanding I had was like you had to 192 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 9: be a rapper or you know, that was pretty much it, 193 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 9: Like you had to be a rapper model to be 194 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 9: on TV. Other than that, like you weren't really getting anywhere. 195 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 4: I came into it because I was shooting music videos 196 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: around my way around my neighborhood. A friend of mine's 197 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 4: know about the Maid of New York program, and I 198 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 4: just happened to give it a chance, and I walked 199 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 4: into a life changing thing. Because that moment right there, 200 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 4: I was like, this is where I belonged. You know, 201 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 4: this is where I need to be. I thought you 202 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 4: needed to be educated with degrees and you needed to 203 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: have certifications. You just need to be willing to work 204 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 4: and learn. That's the first thing I noticed, And I 205 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 4: was like, okay, And it opened doors for me I 206 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 4: never thought open. So I'm always grateful for that. I 207 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 4: never thought about, you know, the film industry. I never 208 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 4: thought that I would let alone be in it. 209 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: What was it about the work that intrigued you? What 210 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 5: was it that excited you about the about and made 211 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 5: you want to learn more about it? 212 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:37,479 Speaker 4: It was so much how it's so much different departments 213 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 4: and that how we all have to work as one 214 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 4: to make. 215 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 3: This whole thing proud. 216 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 4: So I never knew about you know, HMU and the 217 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 4: grip department and the electrics, the shadows, the lights that 218 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 4: the props department down to the It's just so intricate 219 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 4: and you know detail that I found myself learning about 220 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 4: every department and why the lights here, and why there's 221 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 4: a shade here, Why do we need a prop going 222 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 4: or why do we have prop loud? Everything is just 223 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: so intriguing because it's a reason for something and it's 224 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 4: working as a unity. So everything just became you know, 225 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: a study. 226 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 5: Program Santiago and you have had a great experience in 227 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 5: hiring made and why graduates can you talk about you know, 228 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 5: what what it is you look for when you're hiring people, 229 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 5: and what it is that made in and why people 230 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 5: bring to the table for you. 231 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 7: The things that I look for are the things that 232 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 7: intrinsically are also what make people successful in this business, right, 233 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 7: And it's like, you know, somebody who is helpful to 234 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 7: the process, somebody who's willing to work, somebody who understands 235 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 7: the work and the long hours and how hard it 236 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 7: is to be in this business. Are some of those 237 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 7: things that we're looking for. So well, I didn't go 238 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 7: through the maide in New York program, I can certainly 239 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 7: speak to the opp unity gaps you know that existed. 240 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 7: Certainly when I started, there was, you know, there was 241 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 7: there was really no way unless you knew someone or 242 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 7: unless you work for free, which is what I ended 243 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 7: up doing. And I think one of one of the 244 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 7: things that Made in New York program does. 245 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 10: Is that it it gives you, It gives that graduateal 246 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 10: leg up uh and and that's at least one advantage 247 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 10: that you're bringing to the table when somebody is going 248 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 10: to consider whether they should hire you or somebody else. 249 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 7: Right, you need a mature person that that has that 250 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 7: has the knowledge to pick up the baton and keep running. 251 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 7: That matters, especially because production, you know, I don't want 252 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 7: to be little war. Production in a sense is like war, 253 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 7: uh where we have a lot of moving parts and 254 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 7: people talk to here about coordination, and there's a lot 255 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 7: of coordin that needs to happen in a very short 256 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 7: amount of time. And usually I hire a person, especially 257 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 7: the first time I'm hiring someone, they're hired as an 258 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 7: additional for that one day in particular, and what I 259 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 7: expect from that person is to know the job that 260 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 7: I need them to do. 261 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 6: And that's what's exciting now because the new tax credit 262 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 6: in New York, which is going to get signed into 263 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 6: law shortly, is a game changer. I mean, it's astonishing 264 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 6: and there's going to be a lot of production. And 265 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 6: even though we have the writers build strike now, when 266 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 6: the strike is settled eventually it will be hopefully sooner 267 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 6: than later. This is a great time to be training 268 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 6: people and getting people into the industry because New York 269 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 6: is probably not going to see production levels that they've 270 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 6: ever seen before, which is so heartwarming and wonderful to 271 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 6: give so many people an opportunity that they never had before. 272 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 5: Will this new text credit, will the Will there be 273 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 5: an expansion of support for it made in inly or 274 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 5: other programs in this same spirit. 275 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 3: Definitely. We are working with the New Film and Television 276 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 3: Council that is directly tied into the Mayor's office, and 277 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 3: it comprised of multiple stakeholders and labor industry local workers. 278 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 3: And within that council there's a workforce subcommittee, So we've 279 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 3: been working with them stakeholders locally, studios networks unions to 280 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 3: try to figure out better ways that we can increase 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 3: the pipeline for New Yorkers into the industry. As we 282 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 3: expand and growth capacity, the need for infrastructure and workforce 283 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 3: will be there, so we definitely want to make sure 284 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 3: that we use this opportunity to diversify the workforce. I 285 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 3: always say that I won't be happy until the crews 286 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 3: here look like the subway cars, and I think you 287 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 3: have an amazing opportunity with this diverse city to have 288 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 3: a lot really to first for force Base. 289 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 1: Don't even think about hitting the pause button. We'll be 290 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: right back with more on the Maiden New York Program 291 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: After this break. 292 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 8: Universal Television presents Harlem from Tracy Oliver in season two. 293 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 8: After blowing up her career and disrupting her love life, 294 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 8: Camille has to figure out how to put the pieces 295 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 8: back together. Ty considers her future, Quinn goes on a 296 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 8: journey of self discovery, and Angie's career takes a promising turn. 297 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 8: Entertainment Weekly says it's a smart, sleek and sharp comedy, 298 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 8: and Collider calls it an immediate delight. Harlem is for 299 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 8: your Emmy consideration in all categories including outstanding comedy series, and. 300 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: We're back with more on the Maiden New York Production 301 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: Crew Training program. 302 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 5: Venus break it down for us, how do you go 303 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 5: about applying for the maid in New York program and 304 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 5: what does it entail if you are so fortunate it 305 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 5: is to get in sure. 306 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: So, if you're looking for an opportunity to enroll in 307 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 2: the MAIDA New York PA training program, you can go 308 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 2: to our website at bwiny dot org. Every Monday at 309 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 2: one pm, except for federal holidays such as today, we 310 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 2: have a zoom meeting where it's an information session. You 311 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 2: can hear an overview of what the program in jails 312 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 2: for weeks of training, and at that time you can 313 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 2: submit an online application. It's been like that since COVID, 314 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 2: so we don't meet in person for the for the orientations. 315 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 2: If you are selected based off of the qualifications, you 316 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 2: have to be eighteen and older, you have to be 317 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 2: a New York City resident, you have to be passionate 318 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,239 Speaker 2: and wanting to work in TV and film, and you 319 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 2: have to have a driver's license. If you don't have 320 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 2: a driver's license, we do have a very limited amount 321 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 2: of driving driver licensed scholarships available to folks who are 322 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 2: interested in entering driving school. So those are basic our 323 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,479 Speaker 2: basic minimum qualifications and in addition to being low income 324 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: and no income. The four weeks of training will consist 325 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 2: of learning the basics. We set it up. The first 326 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 2: week is essentially, you know, learning what department is, which, 327 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 2: who's who on set, the vehicles on set, how to 328 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 2: do runs which are like errands for different people on set. 329 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 2: Because you're training how to be entry level. We also 330 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 2: have a walkie talkie training, so we set them up 331 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 2: to do the walkie lingo and from then second week 332 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 2: we're going on field trips. We'll go to like a 333 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 2: grip or electric house, We'll go to a studios. Kauffman 334 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 2: Astoria has pretty much been open to us and letting 335 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 2: us tour the studio, so the students get really excited 336 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 2: and seeing the set as Sesame Street, that's usually a 337 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: big one every time. And then third week we're gearing 338 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: up for our mock shoot. The mock shoot is essentially 339 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 2: all the work that they put in with the walkie 340 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 2: lingo and learning how to do lock ups, which is 341 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 2: basically stopping pedestrians in the community from walking through the sets. 342 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 2: Is you don't want to have any stragglers just coming 343 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 2: by and trying to get an autographed it. It is 344 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 2: a skill. It just gets a skill, and not everybody 345 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 2: loves it, but it is very necessary in the entry 346 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 2: level position of a PA. So during that mock shoot, 347 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 2: we're putting our students to the test to see if 348 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 2: they can be you know, in the fort where our 349 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 2: offices at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, So we're usually in 350 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 2: Fort Green or Clinton Hill, and we're working with the 351 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 2: community while we're setting up our own film shoot and 352 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 2: let them know like, hey, listen, we're here. We're representing 353 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 2: not only BWI, but the City of New York Mayor's 354 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 2: Office Immediate Entertainment in putting a program together, and a 355 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 2: lot of people do stop us in the street and 356 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 2: they ask, well, how do we get involved? And people 357 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 2: will wind up coming to our orientations in that way. 358 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: So it's a great way for us to not only 359 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 2: teach the students, but we're in the community and in 360 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 2: the community that we are are training in. Also, fourth 361 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 2: week we set up mock interviews with industry professionals. We 362 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 2: have a lot of goals setting exercises for our students 363 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 2: so they can set up, you know, the trajectory of 364 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 2: their pathways and where they want to be in the 365 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: next three. 366 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 5: To five years. 367 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 2: And then from there, as Catherine had highlighted in the beginning, 368 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 2: we have a graduation for them to celebrate, you know, 369 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 2: those four weeks of the training. It's a really special 370 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 2: moment for them to be able to not only get 371 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 2: their certificates, but to speak to their classmates and knowing 372 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,239 Speaker 2: that they're setting up their very first network. You know, 373 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 2: they may get out there and not know anyone, but 374 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 2: they know each other and now they're strengthening those bonds, 375 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 2: and those are the bonds that they'll take with them 376 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 2: throughout their careers. 377 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 5: As anybody in the entertainment business knows, it's you get 378 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 5: your next job by who you impressed on your last job. 379 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 5: I mean, it is just so true. Paradise and Wardo. 380 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 5: Any any thoughts about the training, and I'd also love 381 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 5: to hear about you know how you advanced. I know 382 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 5: you both have advanced rapidly since since your graduation from 383 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 5: made from New York. 384 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 9: I had no income, I was a felon. I had 385 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 9: lots of skills, but I had no certifications to actually 386 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 9: take those anywhere. And so I was really just very malleable. 387 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 9: Like I was at a very vulnerable point in my 388 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 9: life where it could have went left or it could 389 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 9: have went right. I was still on parole. I was 390 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 9: still deciding what type of lifestyle I was going to live. 391 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 9: And so I went into made A New York and 392 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 9: I was like, you have to be here every day 393 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 9: at eight am, or else you get kicked out. And 394 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 9: I was like, eight am, all right, I'll be there. 395 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 9: And I continue to be there and I continue to 396 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 9: show up, and I just I was like a sponge. 397 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 9: I I ingested everything that you know, was thrown at me. 398 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 9: I think the most helpful thing to me was learning 399 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 9: the luck with a walkie lingo, so that when I 400 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 9: walked in and they said, you know, oh we're rolling, 401 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 9: I was like, you know, rolling where we're rolling out to? 402 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 9: You know, I didn't say the wrong thing. Instead, I 403 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 9: blended in with the community, and I was able to 404 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 9: make it work for me, you know. And so it 405 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 9: just laid such an amazing foundation for me that, like 406 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 9: I could never express in words how gratuitous I am 407 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 9: to Made in New York. I met my wife through 408 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 9: the program. I've excelled in my career, I've moved up 409 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 9: into positions. I am a union member, I have a pension, 410 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 9: you know, like all these things that I'd never thought 411 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 9: about as a twenty three year old person walking into 412 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 9: Made in New York and ultimately as an overall person 413 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 9: with so many things, you know, I think held against me. 414 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 9: The fact that I was a woman, the fact that 415 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 9: I was a lesbian, the fact that I was a felon. 416 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 9: All of those things I thought would be hindrance, like 417 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 9: they would hinder me in moving forward and making good money, 418 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 9: making legal money making you know, positive. 419 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 5: Positive changes. 420 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 9: So now I get up and you know, some days 421 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 9: I wake up at to thirty in the morning to 422 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 9: be somewhere by four, and I'm like, well, there's other 423 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 9: places I could be. And I enjoy the ride to work, 424 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 9: and I get to work and I'm respected, and I 425 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 9: have a title, and people come to me to solve 426 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 9: their problems, and I feel I feel good, you know, 427 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 9: like I feel well within myself, and every and every 428 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 9: step of the way of that, like Made in New 429 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 9: York has been a cornerstone of those things, you know, 430 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 9: Like if it hadn't been for me to New York, 431 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 9: I wouldn't have gotten the jobs that I that I do. 432 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,120 Speaker 9: I did the Made of New York program to make 433 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 9: my mom proud, and every single day I just make 434 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 9: my mom more and more and more and more proud. 435 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 9: Every time I tell I worked on the show, or 436 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 9: I met this person or I did this thing, she 437 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 9: just sent me my own IMDb Like I don't know 438 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 9: what that is, you know, like it's just it's given 439 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 9: me so much more than just finances that I can't express. 440 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 5: Oh my god, I think you just did beautifully, Eduardo. 441 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: I mean for me, the program told me everything we 442 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 4: needed to know to walk on set. I think the 443 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 4: lingo was like the walkie lingo kind of helps you 444 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 4: blend in knowing the departments and it just you know, 445 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 4: the the scenarios that we went through. So when we 446 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 4: was on set making a run for someone, it prepared 447 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 4: me so much that I knew what other people needed 448 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 4: before they knew. So I just paid attention. I remember 449 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,679 Speaker 4: being this thing was you know, if it's nothing for 450 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 4: you to do, act like you're busy and find something 451 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 4: to do, you know, make yourself look like you're busy. 452 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 4: I came into The Equalizer season one as a COVID 453 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:47,199 Speaker 4: compliance officer. Three months onto the job, they made me 454 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 4: set manager and I've been on the Equalizer for four seasons. 455 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 4: So I've been set manager for four seasons. Through those 456 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 4: four seasons, I've had the honor to meet so much 457 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 4: people who makes some good connections. I was able to 458 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 4: meet the stunt coordinator on the Equalizer. He came across 459 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 4: some of my videos that I post on social media 460 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 4: and he asked me, you know, a question that kind 461 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 4: of changed my whole trajectory. He was like, what do 462 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 4: you think about being Kevin Harsh stunt double? Now this 463 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,959 Speaker 4: is the rock stunt double. It changed my mind about stunts. 464 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 4: It changed my mind about, you know, everything I do. 465 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 4: And I had long locks. My hair was very long. 466 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 4: I say, a week later, I told myself, I see 467 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 4: myself doing this. I see myself doing stunts. I see myself, 468 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 4: you know, on TV. I see myself doing this. I 469 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 4: cut my hair. I started training ten times harder, get together, 470 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 4: and you know, I started working out a lot more. 471 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 4: And that following end of the year, I got my 472 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 4: first on side, my first stunt job. Since then, I've 473 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 4: worked for stunt jobs on the Equalizer and I've been training, 474 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 4: networking with so many people. I never in my life 475 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 4: thought that I would be a stunt actor. I never 476 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 4: in my life thought i'd be talking to actors and 477 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 4: having conversations with them, people that I grew up, you know, 478 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 4: looking up to, and they're looking at me as a 479 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 4: friend and as associate. They're appreciating the work that I've done. 480 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 2: I always say this. 481 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 4: My first day on set was seventeen and a half hours. 482 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,479 Speaker 4: My first four days on set was seventeen hours. I 483 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 4: remember the Friday, coming into work, I told myself, I 484 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 4: can't do this. I boughderline about the crowd. I don't 485 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 4: know what I'm gonna do. And it was a classmate 486 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 4: I had, Brian Hardison, I won't never forget this. He 487 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,239 Speaker 4: see me in the corner and I was just like 488 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 4: I was going through it, and he was like, hey man, 489 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 4: you got this, and it snapped me right in the shape. 490 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 4: And had he not did that, I probably would have 491 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 4: gave up. And I'm thankful I didn't because it brought 492 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 4: me here, you know, made in New York, prepared me 493 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 4: for something I never thought was possible. You know, it 494 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 4: gave me a door that I was allowed to see 495 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 4: a whole different life. You know, I'm able to provide 496 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 4: my family because of them, I'm able to do something 497 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 4: life changing that my kids look up to, my friends 498 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 4: and my family look up to. 499 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 5: You know. 500 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 7: I think some folks touched upon some of the most 501 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 7: important parts of success once your foot's in the door, 502 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 7: and one of those is networking, right, And I always 503 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 7: say to the young people, you know, who were willing 504 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 7: to listen, at least you're going to grow with your peers, 505 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 7: and someday your peers are going to be, you know, 506 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 7: hiring you, or you're going to be hiring them, et cetera, 507 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 7: you know. Or so so I think the foot in 508 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 7: the door part and the closing of the opportunity gap 509 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 7: is it's hard to put that into words, you know, 510 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 7: especially someone like myself who didn't have those kind of opportunities. 511 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 6: This is a great proof of performance. The ROI is there, 512 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 6: and so I think that is great. But I think 513 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 6: that more people, the studios and the unions need more 514 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 6: awareness and need to hear more of these heartwarming stories 515 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 6: because it's giving very disadvantaged people in our city and 516 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 6: an opportunity and a real opportunity, and you know, creating 517 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 6: and strengthening that pipeline so that we can do that 518 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 6: for more of the residency. 519 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 5: Has IOTZI and it's support for the base, you know. 520 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 5: So the baseline disciplines that are that are covered here, 521 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 5: have they been a factor in the success of the program? 522 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 5: Do you think they have? 523 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 2: When I first started with me to New York as 524 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 2: a staff member in twenty eleven, the Brooklyn Workforce Innovations 525 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 2: had just finished a partnership with IATZI Local fifty two. 526 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 2: It was a grip and electric training program to help 527 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 2: people get advanced training skills because up until that point 528 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 2: they had only trained pas. Beyond that, there was a 529 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: Local six hundred training program. They did two iterations of that. 530 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 2: Our most recent one was in twenty eighteen, where ten 531 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 2: out of the fifteen trainees actually went on to get 532 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 2: their their union cards to become union loaders. So that 533 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 2: open doors. I know, Local fifty two also had an 534 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 2: opening for people to get on their availability lists because 535 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 2: now we had visibility and credibility, you know, being around 536 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 2: for so long. So we have over two dozen made 537 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 2: in New York graduates are now members of Local fifty two. 538 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,959 Speaker 2: There could be a lot more, considering we have over 539 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 2: eleven hundred graduates, and there's so many other locals. We 540 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 2: want to try to get people, you know, we've been 541 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 2: doing this for seventeen years now, try to get people 542 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 2: to that above the line, you know, WGA. We have 543 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 2: a few people who are members there and DGA as well. 544 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 2: But people are looking, you know, especially people who've been 545 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 2: in this for a very long time, are looking to advance. 546 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 2: And I feel like we can continue strengthening those relationships 547 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 2: with the IATZI and I know Catherine has helped us 548 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: and introduced us to a lot of those folks you 549 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 2: know in the inner offices and letting them know that, hey, 550 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 2: we're a program of diversity. You know, as you read 551 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 2: in the study, there's ninety four percent of our enrollees 552 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 2: or people of color. You know, another unstated number is 553 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 2: fifty one percent of our trainees or women or identifies women. 554 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 2: So that's that's a huge number in an industry that 555 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 2: has literally not had its doors open to people who 556 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 2: look like that. But like I said, moving forward, we 557 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 2: would hope to continue building upon those relationships. 558 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 6: There is a commitment amongst the labor unions now that 559 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 6: we haven't seen before, and it's a different attitude, and 560 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 6: we're seeing that the studios are also being much more 561 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 6: supportive financially and also in kind with diversity training programs, 562 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 6: and so the tide is turned. So it's really it's 563 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 6: a wonderful opportunity now to release this report get more 564 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 6: traction with it, but we have to strengthen that pipeline web. 565 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 5: Is there an opportunity to scale this model in both 566 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 5: entertainment and other sectors that might lend itself to this 567 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 5: kind of targeted, intense training programs for people to clearly 568 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 5: have the desire and the drive and the aptitude. 569 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean we created the post production program, we 570 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 3: have the Theatrical Workforce Training Program, Animation Project. I mean definitely, 571 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 3: I think this is a program that we could use 572 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 3: to scale in creative industries, which you know, media creative 573 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 3: interface is one hundred and fifty billion dollars in revenue 574 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 3: and it's half a million jobs for New Yorkers. So 575 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 3: I think it's definitely something that's important, and we realize 576 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 3: that diversity is not just a social justice issue, but 577 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 3: it's a it's a marketing and creative commercial. It's because 578 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 3: you have content creators that want to work with people 579 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 3: that culturally understand the product that they're creating. 580 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 5: Anybody have any last thoughts they'd like to share. I'm 581 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 5: so grateful. I think this is this is so such, 582 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 5: These anecdotal stories are so important to putting. You know, 583 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 5: you have got great numbers, but now you've got a 584 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 5: human face on these numbers. In a significant way. 585 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 2: This is venus. I just want to say thank you 586 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 2: to all of you who participated. It means not only 587 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 2: the world to me, but to the program, Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, 588 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 2: also our partners at the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 589 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 2: Just to be able to have this platform to speak 590 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 2: about the work that we do. I'm thankful for my 591 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 2: staff and the hundreds of New Yorkers that we've served 592 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 2: over the years. 593 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 9: I just wanted to to say. This final thought is 594 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 9: that in addition to financially and the foundation and you know, 595 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 9: the future, that made a New York gives everyone. I 596 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 9: personally think that it also gives you like a sense 597 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 9: of like self worth and self respect because you walk 598 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,799 Speaker 9: in with a you know, as a PA, and you're like, 599 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 9: this is entry level, but as you continue to move 600 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 9: through your career and ultimately to your ultimate position, you 601 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 9: gain more respect and more titles, and as you gain 602 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 9: more titles, more people come to look, you know, to 603 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 9: you for guidance, and then you're able to take that 604 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 9: back to me to New York and say, hey, these 605 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,879 Speaker 9: are the things I've learned throughout the years. Here, let 606 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,279 Speaker 9: me teach this to you. And it kind of just 607 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 9: manifests itself in like a snowball effect of self respect, 608 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 9: you know, be getting self respect from the proval. 609 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,280 Speaker 5: Oh my god, and that is in such short supply 610 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 5: in so many ways. Thank you all so much for 611 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 5: your time and your candor and also all your great work. 612 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 5: Really appreciate it. I'll look for your names and the credits. 613 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 5: Thanks bye. 614 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Be sure to leave us a review 615 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: at Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. We love to hear 616 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: from listeners. 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