FilmEmerge is building a celluloid bridge between Hollywood and the Motor City in an attempt to usher in a Golden Age of Detroit Cinema--and boost the economy in the process.
Quick: What do Detroit and Los Angeles have in common? Give up? Homelessness and Hollywood. The first issue might be easier to wrap your head around. Along with New York, Detroit and L.A. account for about 20% of the total homeless population in the U.S. according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). But native son Jonathan Rayos believes the Motor City’s got plenty of star power, too. And as CEO of Michigan’s FilmEmerge, he’s building a celluloid bridge to Hollywood with hopes of revving up the flagging local economy--and helping the homeless in the process.
FilmEmerge’s co-founder and Cto Jason Waterman tells Fast Company that after the devastating collapse of the auto industry,...
Quick: What do Detroit and Los Angeles have in common? Give up? Homelessness and Hollywood. The first issue might be easier to wrap your head around. Along with New York, Detroit and L.A. account for about 20% of the total homeless population in the U.S. according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). But native son Jonathan Rayos believes the Motor City’s got plenty of star power, too. And as CEO of Michigan’s FilmEmerge, he’s building a celluloid bridge to Hollywood with hopes of revving up the flagging local economy--and helping the homeless in the process.
FilmEmerge’s co-founder and Cto Jason Waterman tells Fast Company that after the devastating collapse of the auto industry,...
- 1/26/2011
- by Lydia Dishman
- Fast Company
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