Home page USA Our Brands Our Impact Our Story Rewards & Offers Read More The Queen Collective—a program developed in partnership with Procter & Gamble, Queen Latifah, and Tribeca Studios—aims to accelerate gender and racial equality behind the camera by opening doors to the next generation of multicultural women directors through mentorship, production support, and distribution opportunities. In its third year, the Queen Collective is highlighting early career filmmakers Tina Charles, Haimy Assefa, Cai Thomas, and Arielle Knight, who directed four original documentaries. These documentaries made their debut at the 2021 Tribeca Festival in June. The Queen Collective is the signature initiative in P&G’s Widen The Screen program, which aims to address the systemic bias and inequality in advertising and media. The Queen Collective creates access and opportunity for women filmmakers of color to tell their stories. To consistently Widen the Screen by telling honest and accurate stories about women, especially Black women, we must have real diversity in all parts of the filmmaking process. But the number of women filmmakers of color remains unacceptably low.¹ Since its launch in 2019, the Queen Collective has tackled the well-known barriers for women filmmakers of color—access and opportunity. MEET THE FILMMAKERS NADINE NATOUR Gloves Off, the Queen Collective 2020. Nadine was the associate producer of RBG, the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-award winning Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. She also shot, field produced, and edited the feature-length documentary American Veteran, and co-edited The Sturgeon Queens. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Queen Collective would not be possible without our brand partners. Tribeca Studios has a long history of supporting underrepresented storytellers with unique and diverse perspectives. Tribeca provides industry expertise and support for emerging directors from beginning to end. For the Queen Collective, Tribeca Studios taps its vast network of outstanding next-generation filmmakers and invites women directors of color to submit a treatment for an original short documentary that focuses on a social issue and inspires social change. LEARN MORE WATCH THESE FILMS FROM THE QUEEN COLLECTIVE LIBRARY BALLET AFTER DARK The Queen Collective 2019 – Ballet After Dark tells the story of a young woman who found the strength to survive after an attack. She created an organization that is helping sexual abuse and domestic violence survivors find healing after trauma through dance therapy. 1 2 3 4 TAKE ACTION Our work in facing systemic racism is never done. We encourage you to learn more about our other efforts as we stand up for equality and create a better world for us all. JOIN US 1. Out of 1,477 directors, only 8 were Black or African American women directors. Annenberg study 2. 21.9% of all speaking characters were Black girls/women when the top leadership job was held by Black directors. only 4.4% of girls and women on screen were Black in films with directors from other racial/ethnic groups. USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, Inequality in 1300 Popular Films, September 2020, pg.4 BACK TO TOP CONTACT CAREERS PARTNERS & INVESTORS Investors Partner with Us Suppliers OUR COMPANY Leadership Structure & Governance Policies & Practices Archive Awards & Recognition Newsroom HELP Sitemap LEGAL Privacy Terms and Conditions AdChoices CA Privacy Do Not Sell My Personal Information United States Change location © 2021 Procter & Gamble