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02/09/2016

ConQnA: Jo Roark

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My first #ConQnA features Jo Roark, a writer living in Los Angeles. Read about her writing journey so far! #writers

09/25/2014

Link: More Diversity in Prime Time: It’s Not Your Imagination – The Root

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More Diversity in Prime Time: It’s Not Your Imagination – The Root This article mostly talk about black-ish in the aftermath of it’s premiere yesterday, but it also spotlights Jane the Virgin, which I must say was probably my favorite pilot this fall. Check it out! Also check out two more articles regarding blackish: In […]

05/16/2014

Upfronts 2014: Black-ish

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The show makes me both excited and nervous. I’m excited to see a black family on television. I’m even more excited to see a black family in a network single camera sitcom. But oh boy am I nervous. The title alone is a little worrisome–black-ish implies that through their middle class lifestyle, they’re not fully black, only a little black or sort of black. Hopefully the show addresses this with comedy and class.
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04/15/2014

Quote: Co-Screenwriter of 'Noah' Explains Why There Are No Black People Or POC In The Film | Shadow and Act

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What we realized is that this story is functioning at the level of myth, and as a mythical story, the race of the individuals doesn’t matter. They’re supposed to be stand-ins for all people. Either you end up with a Bennetton ad or the crew of the Starship Enterprise.” What’s wrong with the Starship Enterprise?! What’s […]

04/04/2014

Phylicia Rashad on Modern Sitcoms via Clutch

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Phylicia Rashad Isn’t Happy With The Current State Of Sitcoms | Clutch Magazine. I love Phylicia Rashad. She’s so elegant and mature and statuesque. She’s a queen of 80s sitcoms and the queen of all black sitcoms, in my opinion. She has some observations on how modern television works in comparison to when she was […]

03/14/2014

Link: Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It? | Hyphen magazine – Asian American arts, culture, and politics

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Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It? | Hyphen magazine – Asian American arts, culture, and politics To be frank, it’s a huge deal that she [Mindy Kaling] has her own show at all, and she’s undoubtedly broken lots of barriers and paved the way for more women of color to do the same […]

03/08/2014

HBO Uses Hip Hop To Lure Black Audiences To 'Game Of Thrones' ~ Black Girl Nerds

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HBO Uses Hip Hop To Lure Black Audiences To ‘Game Of Thrones’ ~ Black Girl Nerds Jamie at Black Girl Nerds makes some excellent points and correlations, HBO needs to skip the “hip-hopification” and actually get some diversity both on their existing shows and upcoming ones. You can’t claim Issa Rae is coming to your […]

03/08/2014

New York Women in Film and Television Black Actresses on Screen Panel

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Panelists: (l-r) Ylana Kellar (moderator), Chenoa Maxwell, Sharon Hope, Neema Barnette, Rachel Watanabe-Batton (r on screen) Julie Dash (l on screen) Last week, I was blessed to have been able to attend a NYWiFT Panel on the current state of black women on screen at Harlem venue My Image Studios (MiST). It was very inspiring […]

03/07/2014

TV #Diversity Pilots 2014 Trend: More Black Actors

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TV Pilots 2014 Trend: More Black Actors. With Scandal ruling primetime and star Kerry Washington becoming an awards season fixture, more pilots led by black actors are in the works this season. These are some of the black actors getting roles in upcoming pilots: Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Hart, Craig Robinson, Terrence Howard, Taraji P. […]

03/06/2014

Link: Who Creates Drama At HBO? Very Few Women Or People Of Color

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Mo Ryan of the Huffington Post breaks down cable/premium channel lack of diversity (for both women and PoCs) in the last few years. The numbers are awfully lacking any kind of diversity. We think the networks are bad with this stuff and that premium/cable is the way to go, but their numbers are somewhat worse! […]

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