Last year, George Clooney pushed an idea that could help make Hollywood production crews more diverse.
That dream became a reality this year in the Roybal School of Film and Television Production Magnet, which opened last month with 150 9th and 10th grade students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The magnet school in downtown L.A., housed within the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, aims to build a pipeline of students from under-represented backgrounds who are interested in entertainment but may lack the opportunity to break into such well paid union jobs
