CONVERSATIONS

  • BRENDA GILBERT

    THE EXECUTIVE SUITE
    June 7, 2024
    TBA

    Over her 20 years in the media and entertainment space, Brenda has produced, or executive produced several animated and live-action films including the award-winning The Birth of a Nation, Assassination Nation, and The Nightingale, Fences, Joker and Bombshell have received a total of 19 Academy Award nominations and 4 Academy Award wins.

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  • STEPHANIE FILO

    THE ART OF STORYTELLERS
    June 8, 2024
    TBA

    A four-time Emmy, as well as Peabody and ACE Eddie Award-winning Film/TV Editor and activist, Stephanie Filo, ACE, is based in Los Angeles, CA and Sierra Leone, West Africa. She serves on the board for Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone, a social impact and feminist-based organization for Sierra Leonean girls aged 11-16.

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  • MYRTIS BEDOLLA

    THE ART OF FILM
    June 8, 2024
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    Myrtis Bedolla is the owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis, an emerging blue-chip gallery and art advisory specializing in twentieth and twenty-first-century American art with a focus on work created by African American artists. Bedolla possesses over 30 years of experience as a curator, gallerist, and art consultant.

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  • MIA NEAL

    HAIR TALES
    June 8, 2024
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    Mia Neal is an award-winning wig designer hailing from Gary, Indiana. With an impressive list of accolades under her belt, including an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and a BAFTA Film Award for her work on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mia is a force to be reckoned with in the world of stage and screen.

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PANELS

  • The Scenes That Make The Movies

    June 7, 2024
    TBA

    Join film critics from both the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and the Washington, DC-Area Film Critics (WAFCA) as they discuss some of the most impactful scenes in film.

    Courtesy of CCA & WAFCA

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  • Faith in Films

    June 8, 2024
    TBA

    We’ll discuss how the rise of the “spiritual but not religious” designation has led to a decline of millennial participation in mainline religious traditions with many questioning the relevance, mission, and overall purpose of organized religion in the 21st century.

    Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Center

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  • The Enduring Legacy of Spike Lee

    June 8, 2024
    TBA

    For four decades, writer, director, and producer Spike Lee has inspired several generations of filmmakers who have followed his lead to foster change and tell stories using the power of his camera and his amazing imagination.

    Courtesy of the Black Reel Awards

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