Pritzker Administration Launches New Training Program to Increase Minority Presence in Film Industry

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The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) plans to invest $500,000 through the Illinois Film Office Workforce Training Program to enable more women and minorities to access job opportunities within the film industry.  As the industry grows, more minority groups are moving toward film production as a career, making up 49 percent of the accredited productions in the state. To keep this momentum going, DCEO’s new job training program will train and graduate regular cohorts of new film and TV production workers annually through program to be adopted by qualified institutions, colleges, and universities through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).  The state-wide training program will position qualified and trained minorities to land entry-level positions on productions across the state and would add 2,500 new minority crew positions over a 10-year period. A recent study shows that across motion picture video production, distribution, and tele/post-production services in Illinois, the average annual pay was $73,686 in 2018, which is higher than the average annual pay of $59,941 across all industries. The application submission deadline is 5:00pm CST on 1/9/2020.

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