Stanley Nelson Partners with Starbucks to Create Documentary on Bias Awareness

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Yesterday 8,000 Starbucks stores closed for four hours as thousands of employees underwent bias awareness training. We’re excited to say that Firelight had a part in this initiative. My film, Story of Access was shown during the training. Today, I want to share that film with you all.

Firelight has documented the African American experience through film for over 15 years. That experience includes stories of personal and collective heroism, as well as interpersonal and systemic discrimination.

We recognize that this partnership with Starbucks is a chance to elevate a national conversation and bring awareness to the trauma that many Americans, including myself and our staff, experience on a daily basis.

I made this film so that we can understand this important struggle in our country, and we can go forward together.

Let’s continue the conversation.

Sincerely,
Stanley Nelson