February 1, 2021 in Lifestyle
Topics of safe work environments, women filmmakers and diversity initiatives in the entertainment industry were examined during the conversation between the School of Dramatic Arts and TIME’S UP Thursday.
Entertainment Industry Director Ngoc Nguyen and TIME’S UP Senior Program Manager Michelle Jones Simms offered wisdom and advice to students covering everything from confidence to being a male ally.
TIME’S UP is a movement that was founded in Jan. 2018 by over 300 women in the entertainment industry. Pursuant to combatting sexual harassment, TIME’S UP works to create fair, secure and dignified work environments for women of all kinds.
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When Katherine Heigl says this she is sitting in what she describes as her art room, flanked by jars of paint brushes, sponges, pens, and pencils, and wearing a chunky turtleneck with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. One or two of her five dogs is barking in the distance, and a cat materializes in front of the computer camera origins: unknown. Within this Zoom tableau, it is easy to imagine Heigl collaging poster boards with magazine cut out stand-ins of wants and desires. With what appears to be a Blick s aisle worth of art supplies, she is certainly equipped for it.
When we talk about Hollywood, we automatically imagine American actors and directors.
It is common to see that most of the visible faces of the industry s films involve Native Americans, but there is also a quota of Latinos that seems to be invisible and that have few opportunities to stand out.
This is what they mention from The New York Times, saying that Hollywood has ignored Latinos for years, despite the fact that they persevere. There is even the possibility that the situation will change.
This would happen with the Untitled Latinx Project, which brings together almost 20 scriptwriters and producers who seek to change that situation.
Bernardo Villalobos (Mr. V), played by Eugenio Derbez, composing the spring concert.
This year s festival line-up includes several titles that feature disability in the plot, including day one screening CODA.
RespectAbility the nonprofit organization that seeks to combat stigmas for people with disabilities has set a Sundance Film Festival conversation program with its Accessibility and Inclusion Lab.
The five conversations series, running Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, will focus on the intersection of filmmaking and disability-related subjects and will include Troy Kotsur, Cheryl Bedford, Ashley Eakin and CJ Jones as panelists, among others. Each of the events will include live captions, as well as ASL interpreters.