ENTERTAINMENT

Film, creative careers the subject of festival panel

Detroit Free Press staff
A look at “American Prophet,” a film about Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. It was written, directed and co-produced by Jasmine Rivera, a filmmaker from Detroit who will join a career discussion at the fest.

How do you get started in filmmaking, television and the digital arts? Hear from people who have built their careers in these fields, those who are teaching the skills to succeed in creative careers and those who are doing the hiring.

This panel, presented by the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, is a great chance to find out what you should do next to fund your passion project, find your next job or get started in a creative career.

Kathy Kieliszewski, Free Press director of visuals and the Freep Film Festival artistic director, leads a discussion that will include:

Jenell Leonard, director, Michigan Film & Digital Media Office, will join the panel discussion.

■ Jenell Leonard, director, Michigan Film & Digital Media Office

■ Mark Canavan, executive creative director, McCann Detroit

■ Steve Julin, vice president of curriculum and online learning, Specs Howard

■ Jasmine Rivera, 2014 Kresge Arts Fellow and filmmaker whose "American Prophet" is part of the 2017 Freep Film Festival.

4 p.m. Fri., March 31, Marvin and Betty Danto Lecture Hall at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Free with DIA admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. Reservation required at tickets.freep.com.

Jasmine Rivera is a 2014 Kresge Arts Fellow. In addition to directing, she is a writer, producer and actor.