The Chimaera Project

Action and Advocacy for Female Filmmakers!

Shana Betz, J. Cheryl Bookout and America Young, Co-Founders

Mission:

The Chimaera Project recognizes the collective voice as a catalyst for social change.

We are dedicated to empowering women filmmakers to fearlessly create, inspire and lead!

Our goal is to create change by demonstrating an inclusive model.

Short Bio

J. Cheryl Bookout has a passion for collaborative public art projects. As an individual artist, Bookout is included in the California Women Artist Project archived at the University of Southern California and Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, a project organized by Gloria Orenstein, Professor of Women in Literature and Art at USC. Bookout is the ED & Co-Founder of The Chimaera Project, a nonprofit focusing on action and advocacy for female filmmakers. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Mil-Tree Veteran Project and on the Advisory Board for Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art and the Joshua Tree Retreat Center; past President of the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art 2012 – 2016; guest on numerous panels throughout the U.S. Bookout has co-produced three short films and has a feature-length documentary film in development.