Minorities in FIlm Collab (MiFILM) today announced the three artists elected to volunteer in their 2021 NFT Benefit Auction which will begin on June 19th, 2021 on the historical holiday Juneteenth. The Auction is in partnership with NFT artist management Black NFT. This first of a kind event will be precedent as the portions of proceeds of sales will go towards MiFILM’s community film initiative.
Each piece of art will be dropped over the course of several weeks to showcase a theme of “ Artists are essential”. The benefit auction will be split with the artist and Minorities in Film community film fund as a way to launch their collaborative film initiative of creating a more equitable diverse workspace.
MiFILM would like to introduce Evan Pun, Shradda, Madison Ariass, Jayboi Adams, Jumai Yusuf and Kwame Michael as the artists donating pieces to this initiative.
“The auction was created to find creative outlets leveraging the power of blockchain to fund films” says Ian Q ,Co – Founder of MiFILM. “We’re excited to help amplify the artist & filmmakers’ unique and distinguished voices.”
This news comes in the wake of many recent initiatives and accomplishments of the Collective, including:
• A recent community partnership with The Gotham (formerly IFP), where MiFILM will work to curate events and panels.
“Everyone of our partners have gone above-and beyond to truly invest in diverse talent and storytelling. This is more than just a trend for them.” says Brittany Franklin . Founder of MiFILM.
MiFILM’s Community Liaison, Ronald Hinton will work directly with the artist throughout the auction, “As an Actor/Producer myself, I know that creative filmmaking like this can only catapult and be stepping stones to bigger and brighter ways of filmmaking . Being able to liaise between our community and these artists is a game-changer.”
To learn more about the MiFILM Collective, www.minoritiesinfilm.com .
