How do you think your work with nonprofits might influence your work as a film and television editor?

[Stephanie Filo, ACE] Outside of editing, I do a lot of work with different nonprofits as well as different PSA campaigns. Originally, I viewed that as kind of a side hustle. I would work on a TV show or film during the day and then I would go home and work on different nonprofit stuff at night. And at some point it occurred to me that those two things don’t need to be separate. As editors, we have such a powerful voice in the room; we’re really the final rewrite of any script. And so it’s really important for us to focus on sort of the ethics of any project, no matter what the story is that we’re trying to tell. There’s a nuanced voice we can add to whatever story we’re telling; there’s a different perspective we can add in the room. If there’s an underrepresented character, maybe there’s a way we can try to highlight them within our edits. So, as much as I thought nonprofits and editing were two totally separate things, it’s definitely become a major part of my day-to-day life, just trying to apply those principles throughout my life as well as throughout any story that I’m trying to tell.

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