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Empowering The Underserved
S.M.P. Rise empowers historically underserved and system-impacted communities through education and workforce development for those with a passion for the arts.
Program Highlights:
OUR APPROACH
STEP ONE: LIFE SKILLS
Your first step with S.M.P. Rise is assessing your life skills to empower your personal success. ( 8 Weeks - Hybrid)
STEP TWO: INDUSTRY BASICS
After successfully completing Step 1, you move into classes where to learn: the roles and hierarchy of departments as well as specific skills for each physical production department. (4 Weeks - Hybrid)
STEP THREE: LEARN & EARN
With the life skills and life resources locked in you're ready navigate personal growth and success, and the opportunity to learn more on an actual S.M.P. Rise production set.
All while you earn a wage for performing your crew position on the project.
Alonzo Van Wilson - Founder
The past and the path to SMP Rise
My career journey began in 1983 in Wilmington, North Carolina, my hometown. I was 18, a senior in high school, an aspiring journalist. During this time an Italian filmmaker, Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis, built a film studio in my hometown. Mr. Dino, as we called him, brought along his Italian crew and some American crew (department heads) whose tasks were to run the studio and make films, but also to TEACH the locals the skills needed to become the crew for the productions.
The rest, as they say, is history. You may call it fate, I call it OPPORTUNITY.
Our Partners
HIRE S.M.P. RISE CREW
S.M.P Rise has trained crew in most below the line departments for your next film, music video, BTS, documentary, or commercial.