Ramone Hulet was up late when the idea hit him.
Jones and Hulet’s extensive experience in the film industry revealed a need for a clearer path to collaborate, recruit, and hire other Black people. Hulet’s recent work includes the 2020 Candyman collaboration between Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele, while Jones can be seen on Fox’s Empire and in her comedy webseries, The Right Swipe.
The Black In Film database has existed for less than a month and is already making a difference in the lives of Black creatives. Ashley Battle is a cinematographer in Chicago who has been recruited for a gig through the database.
“Our goal is wanting more Black people in a space to make the decisions,” Hulet says. “In an ideal world, we’re not a section on Netflix, we’re just on Netflix.” v
