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To ensure financial accessibility, the program is offered at no charge the only expenses NeXt Doc fellows must cover are travel costs. Programs like NeXt Doc are critical because young people of color and those from underrepresented communities are not as exposed to the skills necessary to make docs, and many times they are the people with the most important stories to tell.

While we celebrate the fact that there are more diverse documentary filmmakers than ever, we need to recognize that there is still a great need for even more opportunities at the ground level to help support, uplift and nurture talented youth voices in the documentary field. Organizations like ITVS, Firelight Media, BAVC, Third World Newsreel, Kartemquin Films, IDA, the National Minority Consortia and others have been at the forefront of diversifying the doc world, offering incredible opportunities for diverse nonfiction storytellers to develop projects while providing pathways for their films to be produced. When we launched NeXt Doc in 2016, our goal was to provide space for young documentary filmmakers ages 18-24 from marginalized communities who have the potential to become the next emerging talents. It requires understanding the business realities of the industry, as well as having support systems to help you develop projects while staying true to who you are and the stories you're trying to tell.

And if you're a person of color, or have limited financial means, or are part of another historically marginalized community, then entering this seemingly esoteric field becomes even more daunting.

For any young aspiring filmmaker, entering the world of documentary can be a challenging endeavor.