"David Kalema is a first-generation Nigerian-American who worked his ass off as he aspired to something he didn't fully understand and wasn't sure he could do, but kept plugging forward until it started to make a kind of sense. It's also the story of the fairy godmother Industry Standard, an annual competition that snapped his ambitions into focus and gave him a career-launching, nine-month residency in documentary post production."
"Industry Standard isn't a training program or an internship. It's for people who already have post-production skills but need someone, as founder Jennifer Sofio Hall puts it, to "lower the ladder." Its roots go back to when Hall was managing director at MakeMake Entertainment. Facing pressure from client surveys about the company's diversity profile, she posed a simple question to founder Angus Wall: "Can we just cut to the top of this problem and start""
David Kalema, a first-generation Nigerian-American, pursued film work despite uncertainty and limited traditional access, ultimately earning a nine-month documentary post-production residency. Industry Standard functions as an annual competition and residency that targets people who already possess post-production skills but need a direct pathway into industry rooms and opportunities. The program was created by Jennifer Sofio Hall to "lower the ladder" after diversity-pressure at MakeMake Entertainment prompted her to ask for faster solutions. Kalema received the residency at age 31 during a precarious moment and credits the program with significantly accelerating his career trajectory into prominent post-production roles.
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