The Blackhouse Foundation Teams With Strayer University for Criminal Justice Screenwriting Contest – The Hollywood Reporter
The winner of ScriptED will be announced at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
The Blackhouse Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for black content creators, has teamed up with Strayer University for a new screenwriting competition focused on criminal justice.
Intended as an educational component in the for-profit school’s Ethics in Criminal Justice course, ScriptED is looking for pitches and sample scripts for a 10-episode series that illustrates specific topics in the curriculum, such as discrimination, corruption, racial profiling and use of excessive course. The contest is open to U.S. residents over 21 who have not yet earned more than $60,000 in a single year for screenwriting or directing.
Strayer has more than 50,000 students, most of whom take their classes online. In 2016 the school launched Strayer Studios to create multimedia content that would make their curriculum more engaging.