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Black Writers Week
The Burden Hollywood Puts on Black Storytellers (And How to Fix It)
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Ciara Wardlow is a freelance writer and development coordinator at the production company Maven Screen Media. In addition to contributing to RogerEbert.com, her work has appeared in a variety of other publications including The Hollywood Reporter, Film School Rejects, and Pajiba. She was a 2021 Film Independent executive fellow. She lives in Harlem with a roommate and a cat.
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A feature encouraging Black voices to express their Blackness.