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The entertainment industry landscape is constantly evolving. And with that evolution has come a new generation of actors who are challenging norms, pushing boundaries, and demanding more authentic and inclusive representation onscreen. On June 20 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, SAGindie Executive Director Darrien Gipson moderated a Film Independent roundtable with seven up-and-coming performers currently reshaping how we see ourselves in film and TV: Annie Gonzalez, Isis King, Lionel Boyce,...
The entertainment industry landscape is constantly evolving. And with that evolution has come a new generation of actors who are challenging norms, pushing boundaries, and demanding more authentic and inclusive representation onscreen. On June 20 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, SAGindie Executive Director Darrien Gipson moderated a Film Independent roundtable with seven up-and-coming performers currently reshaping how we see ourselves in film and TV: Annie Gonzalez, Isis King, Lionel Boyce,...
- 12/31/2023
- by Cydney Fisher
- Film Independent News & More
The 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers (the Christine Vachon Edition)
Moderated by Darrien Gipson, Executive Director of SAGindie, this year’s Wonder Women: Producers discussion at the Scad Savannah Film Festival was a must-catch, mostly for two glaringly obvious reasons, with the first being the wide diversity of the participants. Alongside white Brits Alison Owen and manager/producer Laura Berwick, there was the English-Jamaican writer/actress/producer Nicôle Lecky and American actress/producer Jurnee Smollett. Then there was the second reason—the presence of “grande dame” of indie […]
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The post The 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers (the Christine Vachon Edition) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/8/2022
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers (the Christine Vachon Edition)
Moderated by Darrien Gipson, Executive Director of SAGindie, this year’s Wonder Women: Producers discussion at the Scad Savannah Film Festival was a must-catch, mostly for two glaringly obvious reasons, with the first being the wide diversity of the participants. Alongside white Brits Alison Owen and manager/producer Laura Berwick, there was the English-Jamaican writer/actress/producer Nicôle Lecky and American actress/producer Jurnee Smollett. Then there was the second reason—the presence of “grande dame” of indie […]
The post The 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers (the Christine Vachon Edition) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post The 25th Scad Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers (the Christine Vachon Edition) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 11/8/2022
- by Lauren Wissot
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Last week SAGIndie National Director Darrien Gipson, AFI Fest Director Jacqueline Lyanga, and Blackhouse Foundation Chair Brickson Diamond hosted an intimate event to unite influential black filmmakers, festival programmers, studio executives, agents, managers, and others in a way that will hopefully get more movies made. Dubbed the Black Hollywood Collaborative, the gathering included attendees from Sundance, Fox, AMC Independent, Generate, Hollywood Black Film Festival, New Wave Entertainment, Jigsaw Global, Warner Bros. and more, and extended beyond a networking opportunity to become a sort of “think tank” on forming a working black cinema collective. Each of the...
- 10/22/2012
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
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