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Welcome to the episode 25 of "Women In The Music Industry", a podcast that shines a spotlight on the remarkable women who are breaking barriers and making their mark in an industry that has long been dominated by men. My guest on this episode is none other than composer, producer, musician and artist extraordinaire EmmoLei Sankofa, whose work spans music, visual media, and fine art.  EmmoLei's original music can be heard on the stand-out comedy, “Three Ways” on Hulu, Season 3 of STARZ's “Step Up” series, Lizzo's Emmy-Award winning series, “Watch Out For the Big Grrrls” on Amazon, Shudder/AMC's horror anthology film “Horror Noire”, and 2023's smash series on Hulu, “The Other Black Girl”.  These are just a few of her incredible credits!  Emmolei is a 2021 Sundance Composers Lab Fellow, where she worked closely with Film and Television composers on her craft. The creative advisors for the intensive included Kathryn Bostic, Laura Karpman, Blake Neely, Heather McIntosh, George S. Clinton, Mychael Danna, Jeff Rona, and Christopher Willis.  EmmoLei has also collaborated with some of the best emerging and award-winning filmmakers, including Jamal Dedeaux, Zandashé Brown, Rhea Dillion, Jonathan Lewis, Imani Dennison, Sekani Solomon, Ajiri Akpolo, and more.  Her original music has been married to films screened at HBO, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Lionsgate, Warner Bros, the Oakland Museum of California, and film festivals in Miami, Martha's Vineyard, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Savannah, Las Vegas, London, and beyond.  EmmoLei has also worked with top brands like Nike, Vans, Buzzfeed, Pandora, Kamala Harris for the People, Pulse Films, and more via her creative audio company, Bèl Son. EmmoLei's discography encompasses over twenty-one independently released albums, EPs, and singles collectively, and embodies a mixture of genres but often integrates soul, jazz, classical, and rhythm & blues. Her single, Don't Fight, was included on Adult Swim's OPUS compilation album. As a musician, she has performed with Nelly, Ella Mai, Kurt Schneider, and more, and had her debut performance as a solo act on Mobley's “Devil in a Daydream” Virtual Tour. An alum of The Recording Academy's 2021 NEXT program, EmmoLei is an emerging talent and active voice among the next generation of music industry leaders. EmmoLei and her work have been featured on various platforms, including Lyrical Lemonade, LANDR, Saint Heron, OC Weekly, The Recording Academy, Gender Amplified, Billboard, and more. If you are enjoying this video series, please rate/review/subscribe/tell everyone about it. Every little bit helps. Instagram: @emmolei Web: www.e-sankofa.com

This week's guest is Moss Barclay, an Executive Producer for TV at See-Saw Films, whose shows include SLOW HORSES  and THE ESSEX SERPENT on Apple TV+, HEARTSTOPPER on Netflix and THE NORTH WATER on BBC iPlayer. Moss started her career working for filmmaker Paul Greengrass before co-founding new-writing theatre festival, HighTide. She was also an intern at Working Title and went on to hold positions at Big Talk Pictures and Sixteen Films before spending 10 years at Pulse Films, where she led the company's expansion into scripted film and TV, developing GANGS OF LONDON for Sky AMC.  We talk about how Paul Greengrass introduced her to the film industry, her love of stories and reading and how that led her towards development, demystifying what it means to be a Head of Development, her time at Pulse Films and how she helped to redefine what Pulse did or could do, and her shift towards television, and what authored TV looks like, as well as her work at See-Saw Films. 

A&E Network announces the new series "Hip Hop Treasures" following the search for lost Hip Hop memorabilia set to premiere on August 12 at 10PM ET/PT. Led by LL COOL J and Ice T alongside field collectors and museum curators, the team tells the story of some of Hip Hop's greatest artists and the items they made famous such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s iconic jersey from the "Juicy" video, Flavor Flav's clocks, DMX's Aaliyah car, and more. This exclusive partnership between A&E, Pulse Films, LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and The Universal Hip Hop Museum honors these music legends and brings their items back to the birthplace of the culture, The Bronx. "Hip Hop Treasures" provides a behind the scenes look at the people and items that gave birth to the cultural phenomenon that is Hip Hop. With the help of LL COOL J, Ice T, field collectors Cipha Sounds and Yo-Yo along with Chief Museum Curator Paradise Gray and curator Pete Nice, some of these elusive items are brought back to the archive and will be put on display at The Universal Hip Hop Museum. The museum is poised to become "The Official Record of Hip Hop" and is currently in the process of building the world's largest Hip Hop memorabilia collection. The permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum will open to visitors worldwide in 2024. Throughout the series, viewers will get a nostalgic look at the memorabilia, which is brought to life through personal stories from LL COOL J and Ice T along with unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in Hip Hop such as DMC (Run DMC), CeeLo Green, Flavor Flav, Fat Joe, Treach (Naughty by Nature,) Master P, Soulja Boy and many more. The series also features tributes to The Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Biz Markie and Coolio's last on-camera appearance before his passing in 2022.

A&E Network announces the new series "Hip Hop Treasures" following the search for lost Hip Hop memorabilia set to premiere on August 12 at 10PM ET/PT. Led by LL COOL J and Ice T alongside field collectors and museum curators, the team tells the story of some of Hip Hop's greatest artists and the items they made famous such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s iconic jersey from the "Juicy" video, Flavor Flav's clocks, DMX's Aaliyah car, and more. This exclusive partnership between A&E, Pulse Films, LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and The Universal Hip Hop Museum honors these music legends and brings their items back to the birthplace of the culture, The Bronx. "Hip Hop Treasures" provides a behind the scenes look at the people and items that gave birth to the cultural phenomenon that is Hip Hop. With the help of LL COOL J, Ice T, field collectors Cipha Sounds and Yo-Yo along with Chief Museum Curator Paradise Gray and curator Pete Nice, some of these elusive items are brought back to the archive and will be put on display at The Universal Hip Hop Museum. The museum is poised to become "The Official Record of Hip Hop" and is currently in the process of building the world's largest Hip Hop memorabilia collection. The permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum will open to visitors worldwide in 2024. Throughout the series, viewers will get a nostalgic look at the memorabilia, which is brought to life through personal stories from LL COOL J and Ice T along with unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in Hip Hop such as DMC (Run DMC), CeeLo Green, Flavor Flav, Fat Joe, Treach (Naughty by Nature,) Master P, Soulja Boy and many more. The series also features tributes to The Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Biz Markie and Coolio's last on-camera appearance before his passing in 2022.

ABOUT HIP HOP TREASURES, PREMIERING AUGUST 12TH AT 10/9 CT ON A&E A&E NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES "HIP HOP TREASURES" FEATURING LL COOL J AND ICE T AS THEY TRACK DOWN ICONIC MEMORABILIA PREMIERING ON AUGUST 12 AT 10PM ET/PT IN HONOR OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIP HOPIN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSAL HIP HOP MUSEUM, NEW SERIES SETS TO PRESERVE LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONSA&E Network announces the new series "Hip Hop Treasures" following the search for lost Hip Hop memorabilia set to premiere on August 12 at 10PM ET/PT. Led by LL COOL J and Ice T alongside field collectors and museum curators, the team tells the story of some of Hip Hop's greatest artists and the items they made famous such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s iconic jersey from the "Juicy" video, Flavor Flav's clocks, DMX's Aaliyah car, and more. This exclusive partnership between A&E, Pulse Films, LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and The Universal Hip Hop Museum honors these music legends and brings their items back to the birthplace of the culture, The Bronx."Hip Hop Treasures" provides a behind the scenes look at the people and items that gave birth to the cultural phenomenon that is Hip Hop. With the help of LL COOL J, Ice T, field collectors Cipha Sounds and Yo-Yo along with Chief Museum Curator Paradise Gray and curator Pete Nice, some of these elusive items are brought back to the archive and will be put on display at The Universal Hip Hop Museum. The museum is poised to become "The Official Record of Hip Hop" and is currently in the process of building the world's largest Hip Hop memorabilia collection. The permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum will open to visitors worldwide in 2024.Throughout the series, viewers will get a nostalgic look at the memorabilia, which is brought to life through personal stories from LL COOL J and Ice T along with unprecedented access to some of the biggest names in Hip Hop such as DMC (Run DMC), CeeLo Green, Flavor Flav, Fat Joe, Treach (Naughty by Nature,) Master P, Soulja Boy and many more. The series also features tributes to The Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Biz Markie and Coolio's last on-camera appearance before his passing in 2022.*Join the conversation by following @AETV and using #HipHopTreasures* "Hip Hop Treasures" will be available and on demand to stream on the A&E app and aetv.com"Hip Hop Treasures" is produced by Pulse Films and Rock The Bells for A&E Network. Executive producers for Pulse Films are Erica Hanson, Tracey Baker-Simmons, Andrena Hale and Mira King. Paradise Gray and Pete Nice are executive producers. Serving as executive producers for A&E Network are Elaine Frontain Bryant, Shelly Tatro and Jonathan Partridge. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rightsHere's the promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-QFdx_UuNg ABOUT DR. YOLANDA "YO-YO" WHITAKERDr. Yolanda "Yoyo" Whitaker is a Grammy-nominated hip hop entertainer, actress, educator, and philanthropist. The cast member of VH1's popular "Love & Hip Hop Hollywood" series is affectionately known as Auntie Yo-Yo. Raised in the South Central district of Los Angeles, her big break came when she appeared on Ice Cube's 1990 debut, "It's A Man's World," representing her gender in admirable style. Her own debut "Make Way for the Motherload" introduced her confident attitude along with the formation of the Intelligent Black Women's Coalition organization, which is now expanding into the virtual space to continue its work helping young girls learn to love themselves. Her songs "You Can't Play With My YoYo," "Bonnie & Clyde Theme" with Ice Cube and her iconic features on Jamaican goddess Patra's hit song "Romantic Call" and Brandy's "I Wanna Be Down" remix with MC Lyte and Queen Latifah are classics.As an actress, she has appeared in the Oscar-nominated film "Boyz N the Hood" as well as several television shows including '90s sitcom "Martin" where she portrayed the memorable, comical recurring character Keylolo. Yo-Yo can be seen on Disney Channel's series "Saturdays" as roller rink owner Duchess and coming soon as a field collector on "Hip Hop Treasures" (an A&E and Rock The Bells production). She also served as a co-host of VH1's "Miss Rap Supreme."Throughout her 30 years in entertainment, service has been synonymous with her work, whether mentoring young girls with the IBWC (Intelligent Black Women's Coalition), teaching youth about the music business with the YoYo School of Hip Hop, educating students on "How to Get A's in English Through Hip Hop" as an ambassador for the National College resource Foundation and Black College Expo and Latino College Expo, or other efforts. As a testament to her humanitarianism, in 2021, Yo-Yo received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Biden for her philanthropic work, national-wide, in the community. In 2022, she received another Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the Biden Administration and presented an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Humanitarianism from Leaders Esteem Christian Bible University. In partnership with the National College Resource Foundation and Black College Expo, Yo-Yo has awarded over $60,000 in scholarships and continue to promote education through hip hop. This work is dear to Yo-Yo's heart.Yo-Yo also makes her mark on the airwaves as co-host of Café Mocha, the #1 nationally syndicated radio show for women of color, alongside Emmy Award Winner Loni Love and broadcast veteran Angelique Perrin. The 4-time Gracie award-winning show is heard in over 40 markets across the United States and on SiriusXM Channel 141. A true musical legend, Yo-Yo serves as ambassador of The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Universal Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx and the city of Little Rock, Arkansas. Yo-Yo is a proud mother of two beautiful, intelligent daughters Tiffany and Sanai along with her G-baby Kai.“Hip Hop Treasures” follows the search for lost Hip Hop memorabilia. Led by LL COOL J and Ice T alongside field collectors and museum curators, the team tells the story of some of Hip Hop's greatest artists and the items they made famous such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s iconic jersey from the “Juicy” video, Flavor Flav's clocks, DMX's Aaliyah car, and more. This exclusive partnership between A&E, Pulse Films, LL COOL J's Rock The Bells and The Universal Hip Hop Museum honors these music legends and brings their items back to the birthplace of the culture, The Bronx. #HipHopTreasures Subscribe for more A&E shows: http://aetv.us/subscribe-ae Check out exclusive A&E content: Website - http://www.aetv.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AETV/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aetv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aetv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aetv

This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Bassam Tariq. We pick it up where we left off last week, specifically beginning with the production of his first narrative feature, MOGUL MOWGLI. I would *highly* recommend watching that film as context for this episode. We dive quite deeply into the highs and lows of the process of making that film, working with actors, and trusting your intuition even when it gets difficult. Again, I couldn't be more thankful for Bassam's honesty and vulnerability in sharing about the making of the film. It's rare to get this level of insight into what is so often a complex and difficult process. Recorded in the middle of the night in the summer of 2020.

For the next conversation in this series, I couldn't think of a director I was more eager to speak with than Bassam Tariq. Bassam is on of the most thoughtful, truthful, and talented directors that I've had the chance to meet. We speak about his journey into filmmaking as a Muslim kid in post 9-11 America, his documentary feature THESE BIRDS WALK, and the evolution of his work from documentary into narrative as he prepared to make his debut feature with Riz Ahmed, MOGUL MOWGLI. We recorded this conversation in May of 2020 - long before any Marvel announcements occurred, so we don't touch on that particular project in this interview. Rather - we focus on Bassam's intention behind his work and how filmmaking is his way of being of service. When Bassam and I speak, we tend to go for hours and hours. This conversation was no exception. We started late, after our families had gone to sleep and talked late into the night. As such, I'm going to split this conversation into two parts. The first takes us to Mogul and the second, releasing next week, focuses on the specific process of making that film. I'm incredibly thankful to Bassam for his openness and honesty and hope you walk away encouraged by this conversation.

Georgii Speakman has been living and working in the USA for ten years (hailing from Australia). Georgii has worked with startups: Playing an instrumental role in building these from the ground up and/or establishing new divisions within existing companies - predominantly across entertainment, media and new technologies. Georgii has a valuable skillset that spans across strategy, business development, project management, marketing (general), influencer + content, social media and digital advertising; communications and PR; organizational development, branding, creative direction, producing and writing.Georgii was appointed as a co-founder and Global Head of Music for LÜM after consulting to them. LÜM was a brand new music blockchain NFT economic model, which promised a long term, sustainable solution in industry. Georgii featured in Forbes on behalf of the company, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the company was dissolved - despite the great headway the company had been making. Georgii founded OUT.LI.ER in late 2018, as a result of her passion for the intersection of technology, entertainment, music, talent, brands and new media. Since launching the business, Georgii has managed talent (influencers and mid-tier celebrities), executed dozens of influencer and brand campaigns with talent (of all tiers) at the center of them. OUT.LI.ER has worked on numerous go-to-market strategies for startups in both web2 and web3; working mostly across strategic business development, strategic communications, public relations, talent partnerships and general marketing strategy. In addition to overall brand management (of OUT.LI.ER and client related projects), a great deal of creative strategy and project management execution has taken place, and in four years, Georgii has had the opportunity to work with over 100 top tier brands within her own business. These have included, but are not limited to: AMEX, H&M, &OtherStories, PUMA, Nike, Nordstrom, A+E Networks, Netflix, Foot Locker, Finish Line, Complex, Samsung, Google, YouTube, AirBnb Experiences, Converse, Republic Records, Bombay Sapphire, SplitIt and FinTron Invest to name a few. Georgii also founded and launched OUT.LI.ER Records (The Orchard / Sony Music), which has also become a global publishing company with The Orchard and Sony Music Global Publishing - releasing her own piano project under alias, A N T I T H E S I S; making Spotify's ‘Focus Flow', ‘Chill Lofi Study Beats', ‘Road Trip to Tokyo', ‘New Classical Releases', ‘Not Quite Classical' and ‘Lo-Fi Beats' playlists; TIDAL's ‘Piano Sphere's' and Apple Music's ‘Headspace', ‘Pure Calm', ‘Pure Focus', ‘Pure Ambient', ‘Classical Commute', ‘Relaxing Classical', ‘Classical Edge', ‘Classical A.M' and ‘Classical Sleep' playlists, amongst others. Georgii has creative directed and produced art house films, and spearheaded social + digital campaigns for all of the labels releases. OUT.LI.ER the lifestyle brand will be launching soon: @projectantithesis @outlierrecordsPrior, Georgii was appointed as the Global VP of Marketing + Brand Strategy for blackpills - establishing the marketing team and division from scratch; developing all foundational material for the global brand (internally and externally) as it pertained to marketing, communications and PR. Clients and stakeholders included: Production houses Anonymous Content, Pulse Films, Adaptive Studios, INE Entertainment; talent agencies and management companies: Untitled Entertainment, CAA, ICM Partners, IMG, Paradigm, Roc Nation, WME, Influencer Studios, Studio 71; PR companies: Element Brand Group, ID PR, R. Couri Hay, Kristin Shrader, ASTRSK PR, Sunshine Sachs, Walker Drawas, The Brand Agency; social platforms: Facebook, Snapchat, Google/YouTube, Twitter, and media outlets: Perez Hilton, Variety, Billboard and Hollywood Reporter. Prior, Georgii played an instrumental role in establishing and launching "Vol. 4" for Jay Z's ROC Nation as Director of Strategic Business Development: A new brand creative consultancy agency; working with external brands and some of Roc Nation's talent. Georgii worked as the LA Business Director for brand consultancy, the projects*, helping the business transition from events into global influence marketing and with an experiential lens. Formerly, Georgii worked with IZEA (the largest influencer marketing network in the (USA) - home to over 300K + influencers, across all leading social channels, including celebrities, athletes, musicians, reality TV stars, YouTubers, Bloggers, etc) as the Director of Influencer Marketing (Entertainment) - launching their first time west coast entertainment arm. Prior to LA, Georgii accumulated in excess of 10 years experience across PR, marketing, communications, brand consultancy, business development and social media; with startups, agencies through to Fortune 100 brands. Georgii has spoken at, presented and moderated panels addressing subjects within the disruptive media, tech, entertainment and influencer space (for Digital Hollywood, Digital LA, Digital Entertainment World Expo, and Silicon Beach Festival). Georgii has held advisory roles for ILA Global, Upper Diamond, SAMO VR; is a current Advisor to Women's Voices Now, VidCon; a Viacom brand; has joined ‘The Shorty Awards' as an official ‘Academy Member' and ‘DWEN: Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network'. Philanthropy has always been and will continue to be a passion; having worked in various capacities with: Sunrise Children's Association (Nepal), Ambition Entrepreneurial Program (LA), The Smith Family (AUS) and A Place Called Home (LA). Personal inspirations include photography, the piano, travel, art, architecture, chess, music, film and television, culture; futurism, innovation and being influenced by genuine game-changers and shape shifters of culture, community, business and the arts. Georgii is qualified with a double degree in a Bachelor of Business Communications and Film & Television, majoring in Corporate Communications and Marketing, and has near completed a Masters in Arts (Writing)

A Harvard graduate, Tamara held Producer and Executive Producer roles at production companies in London, NYC and LA. Producing content for global brands and artists such as Converse, MasterCard, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. She launched the Digital division of Pulse Films and their NYC operation. In 2015 VICE Media acquired Pulse. Tamara has won awards from Webby's to Gold Cannes Lions.Tamara moved to Israel in 2016. She consulted for Impact organizations, including the G8 Global Steering Group on Social Impact. In 2017 she co-founded riseup a technology platform which proactively helps people get out of debt and reach financial health, where she is CGO.

Rik Green joined Pulse as a Music Video producer in 2012, since then he has gone on to helm some of the studio's most iconic videos including award winners “Genghis Khan” for Miike Snow (Ninian Doff), “Nobody Speak” for DJ Shadow & Run the Jewels (Sam Pilling), “No Reason” for Bonobo (Oscar Hudson) and most recently produced “Process”, Kahlil Joseph's epic film for Sampha which launched globally on Apple Music. Working with the most celebrated names in music, Rik was recognised at the 2016 UKMVA's with a “Best Producer” nomination. Rik heads up Pulse's UK music division, driving forward its continued success and emboldening the studios talent to create ambitious work that cuts through the noise . IG: @pulsefilms Host: Jamie Neale @jamienealejn Discussing rituals and habitual patterns in personal and work life. We ask questions about how to become more aware of one self and the world around us, how do we become 360 with ourselves? Host Instagram: @jamienealejn Podcast Instagram: @360_yourself Music from Electric Fruit Produced by Tom Dalby Composed by Toby Wright

This week on the Southern Fried Philosophy Podcast:The Redneck Rave in Kentucky, thighs are the new wings and Hollywood is officially out of ideas. Southern Fried Philosophy ****************************** Become an SFP Insider Today! Click the link to join us!    Music  SFP Intro - Lenny The Band YouTube subscribers Sponsors Webmerized Watchman Cigar Operation Decisive Victory   How You Be Durrin'   Next WeekFollowup/Discuss   “Cattywampus” If something is “cattywampus” it means it's askew, crooked, or out of sorts. For instance, if the shelf on your bedroom wall is crooked, you would tell someone it was cattywampus   Human organic composting   Redneck Rave   Mountain Eagle   Kindness by state   Thighstop   Subway Tuna   Indiana Jones 5 delayed Wacky News - Watchman Cigars   An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture' for $18,300. It's Made Literally of Nothing | Artnet News Tens Of Thousands Sign Petition To Stop Jeff Bezos From Returning To Earth Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff to Star in Pulse Films' Truffle Hunter Movie ‘Pig' Police break up exorcism at Pa. Home Depot ‘Birds are not real' rolling rally makes first stop in Missouri

Banijay Rights' Matt Creasey, All3Media International's Sally Habbershaw, Pulse Films' Thomas Benski and eOne's Stuart Baxter discuss what the US studios' growing focus on homegrown originals for their own services means for independent producers and distributors, as part of C21's Content LA On Demand.

Dynamic Television founder Dan March talks about the firm's efforts to reach a “broad niche” with sci-fi programming and Pulse Films founder Thomas Benski discusses pushing into non-English-language content.

Cinematographer Edgar Dubrovskiy interviews producer Jenni Haberstock and the managing director/executive producer of Pulse Films US commercials arm Hillary Rogers. How do directors get (or not get!) signed? Do we need showreels? Why is digital better than film for the young directors? Jenni: https://www.instagram.com/jennihabs Hillary: https://www.instagram.com/hils.alive Edgar/Open: https://instagram.com/edgardubrovskiy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/openfilmmakerstalk/message

Recorded live as part of National Student Pride, at the University of Westminster in collaboration with the university's Creative Enterprise Centre: We present Access All Rainbows.Join our conversation about being LGBT+ and disabled, considering; Hidden disabilities, access, perceptions on ability and, support in relationships.The Speakers:Jamie Wareham – University of Westminster Alumni Jamie Wareham is the Head of Digital Production at Attitude Magazine and host of National Student Pride's podcast #QueerAF. Jamie recently spoke at the inaugural WINC festival about coming to terms with his hidden disability, and how that has become part of his wider queer intersectional identity.Callum Dziedzic –Callum is a script editor working in TV drama. He is an alumnus of the University of York’s Film and Television Production degree and Channel 4’s Production Training Scheme. Since graduating he has assistant script edited Ackley Bridge at The Forge, and Giri/Haji, a contemporary bi-lingual thriller produced by Sister Pictures for BBC Two and Netflix. More recently, Callum has developed an international nuclear armament thriller with Pulse Films and Netflix and has returned to Sister Pictures to script edit an upcoming comedy drama for BBC Two.Callum was born with Tetraplegic Cerebral Palsy and uses a manual wheelchair for mobility. To him, the act of storytelling in film and television is intrinsically inclusive and universal. Ultimately, a great story can come from or captivate anyone, and it should not just be regarded as a means of self-expression but also as a way of levelling the playing field for all.Char Bailey - Char is a celebrity life coach, acclaimed writer and speaker. Black, lesbian and autistic woman, she is the co-host of the Qmmunity podcast and well-being ambassador for UK Black PrideSee more:https://mailchi.mp/westminster.ac.uk/2019wincfestgalleryhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/qmmunity/id1438250877National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes:Carving out space for womxn in the communityQueer SexDisabilityResearching the Rainbow (STEM) Visit www.studentpride.co.uk We are #QueerAF. And so are you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Courtney Blackman explores the ways in which creativity and an adventurous spirit have shaped her life and career - fashion, journalism, real estate, marketing, networking, tech and of course renovating a heritage listed opera house! Courtney is Head of PR & Marketing at YBF Ventures – Melbourne’s top startup hub for tech and innovation, Courtney looks after the company’s public-facing reputation and leads the internal and external communications teams. She is a member of YBF’s executive leadership team. Since starting at YBF, Courtney has put the YBF brand in front of millions of eyes via traditional marketing and editorial placements. In her first year, YBF reached 21,530,721 people via traditional media and 4,705,315 via social media. She designed, developed and currently oversees content production for three direct-email products and has increased direct communication by 1188%. Courtney and her team hosted over 400 events in 2018, most open to the wider tech ecosystem. Courtney manages the ongoing content strategy for YBF’s own news page, a YBF Medium account and YBF’s own YouTube channel and multiple social media platforms. Under her leadership the YBF marketing team has grown social media followers by over 8,000%, and in April of 2019 the company was awarded ‘Best Instagame’ by the Coworky Awards out of the States. YBF was also shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Small Business Champion Awards. Courtney has been active in pushing gender equality and produced Australia's first fintech awards celebrating women and cultural minorities in 2018 – the Lift Off Awards. The awards were supported by the Victorian Government, Lander & Rogers, Xero, Visa, ConsenSys, Vinomofo, Foreigner Brewing Co. and the British Consulate-General Melbourne. Prior to moving to Melbourne, Courtney was a London-based entrepreneur working in fashion and music. She founded and grew Forward PR, a media firm that became one of the most respected agencies in London working across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Courtney’s team secured coverage in tens of thousands of outlets (print, digital, television and radio) including Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, BBC – resulting in millions of pounds worth of equivalent advertising. Her team created and managed hundreds of events (catwalk shows in London and Paris, product and album launches, etc.); successfully aligned celebrities and influencers and negotiated numerous unique collaborations. Courtney was a board member of the Ethical Fashion Forum; a judge for the WGSN Global Fashion Awards, Scottish Fashion Awards and the Fashion Monitor Journalism Awards; a commentator for NBC's Today Show and a presenter for Fashion One Television. She was a regular guest lecturer at universities and even helped develop the PR program at Southampton Solent University. Courtney also founded, grew and ultimately sold London’s premier professional fashion networking club. As MD and Chairperson, she secured top names as event speakers – British Vogue Editor, Edward Enninful; male model, David Gandy; heiress and accessories guru, Lulu Guinness; and British GQ Editor, Dylan Jones; forged lasting partnerships with Swarovski, Condé Nast, Pulse Films and the V&A Museum and secured and maintained relationships with sponsors. She served as Producer for The Industry TV and Editor-in-Chief of its digital magazine. Personal interests include the arts. Outside of YBF Ventures, Courtney is the editor of a London-based men’s lifestyle magazine called Candid Magazine where she oversees a team of more than 12 global editors and contributors. The magazine features original content in the fields of arts, fashion, film, music and celebrity interviews. Courtney and her partner also spent thirteen years historically restoring and operating an opera house in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and owned and operated a contemporary art gallery in the town. In the first quarter of 2019, the Lunenburg Opera House was sold to a society, which will carry on their original vision of being a beacon of the arts for Nova Scotia’s South Shore. linkedin.com/in/courtneyblackman www.ybfventures.com www.candidmagazine.com www.lunenburgoperahouse.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lunenburg-opera-house-finds-new-owners-1.5112765   To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/ Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by: Victory Offices http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD   MYOB   http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD   Allied Legal   http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD   Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco   and at simpateco.com.au   Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady  

The Art vs. Commerce podcast is back! After a hiatus the show returns to kick things off with friend of the pod Ryan Booth. We felt Ryan would make for a great guest to relaunch as he has been through so much career change since we last spoke in 2015. In this episode we compare and contrast our previous conversation learning about his journey and what insights he has gained since becoming a repped commercial director on the Pulse Film roster. Booth’s filmmaking career began in 2011 when his first attempt at making short film won a contest hosted by Vimeo and Canon and premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Booth was an audio engineer living in Texas at the time. After Sundance he came home and quit his job and dove headfirst into filmmaking.  He spent the next few years cutting his teeth as a Director of Photography, working on commercial projects for Fox, MTV, Spotify, Under Armour, Pepsi, and Budweiser, as well as music videos for Atlantic Records, Sony, and Universal Music. He DP'd narrative and documentary features that have screened at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festivals, among others. In 2016, Ryan DP'd a feature documentary that was commissioned by Alejandro G. Iñárritu that explores the modern implications of the themes woven into Iñárritu’s film, The Revenant. The film was directed by Eliot Rausch and the experience working with Eliot and Alejandro proved to be the catalyst that began his transition into directing.  Ryan has always been drawn to telling the stories of real people. He naturally began his directing work in documentaries. He created a doc series pilot called Five Star, about the insane world of college football recruiting. This led to shopping deals with SpringHill Entertainment and Preferred Content. He naturally moved into branded content, directing projects for Spotify and Google. He then caught the eye of Pulse Films, the award winning production company behind American Honey and Lemonade. In the spring of 2017 he was offered a spot on Pulse's commercial roster and within  a few months of beginning to pitch, was directing national campaigns with Weiden + Kennedy for Fox Sports and Anheuser-Busch. He's currently pitching as much as possible and looks forward to collaborating with some of the best agencies in the world. Additionally, Ryan co-wrote and directed his first narrative short, The Heights, as a proof of concept for what would be his first narrative feature. Not one to wait around for permission, he is actively developing a handful of film and television projects with writers and producers from around the world.

Starting out in the industry at a very young age, Thomas quickly had the idea of creating a multidisciplinary company, not wanting to make a difference between the production of Clips, Publicity and Films. While that sounded revolutionary at the time, 10 Years later the success of Pulse Films proves him right. Listen to him talk about learning from the worst and how that shaped him, his idea behind Pulse and why he answers to every mail he gets.

Show Notes: Isabel Farchy is the founder of Creative Mentor Network, a charity supporting diversity and inclusion in the creative industries. CMN works directly with schools across London to connect talented young people from diverse backgrounds, with those working in the creative industries and has partnered with 40+ creative businesses including Havas, Ustwo, Pulse Films and M&C Saatchi. Isabel  began in education as a Teach First teacher at one of London’s top performing ARK Academies. As Head of Creative Learning, she implemented a number of programmes – including Jamie’s Farm and First Story – to increase opportunities. After 4 years in the classroom, Isabel worked as an educational consultant, training student teachers for Teach For Lebanon in Beirut, and developing diversity programmes at Bootstrap and Livity, amongst others. Links Mentioned: Creative Mentor Network Follow Us: Our Website Twitter Instagram Facebook

I dip my toe back into the world of distribution with the delightful Síle Culley, a Theatrical Sales Executive at Altitude,whose recent films include The Florida Project, Loveless and A Private War. Síle started her career as a film production manager in Dublin, before attending NFTS and moving in distribution at Pulse Films. She then ventured into the Event Cinema world, before joining Altitude in 2017. We talked about Síle's recent trip to Berlin for their talents programme, the importance of peer support and how to stay focused on your career ambitions, as well as what it's like working in the male-dominated world of sales...

Millie Bobby Brown cast as Suzy Swanson in 'The Thing About Jellyfish' film adaptation, Tom and Jerry film gets a release date, Photos leaked from set of The Witcher, and Pulse Films options screen rights to comic series 'Teddy Boy'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

'The Son'. This conversation with Thomas Benski - the founder of Pulse Films - is the second of my interviews from the Cannes Creativity festival and was recorded in front of a live audience. Vice is an award winning modern-day content studio,  which two years ago was bought by Vice.  Thomas is charming and charismatic. He is relentlessly energized and filled with original ideas. He is engaged. Interesting. And Interested.  He is driven in large part by what happened to his family when he was growing up. So this episodes is called, “The Son.”

This week's summary is a bit different than others. Alex Holder leads the way while George Olver is out on an adventure - listen to the podcast to find out what he's up to. We chat with Giorgio Testi, Music Video Director at Pulse Films for bands like The Killers and the Rolling Stones, and John Montgomery, EVP of Global Brand Safety at GroupM. They discuss utilising the world around you as a way to build your desired skill set outside of the typical workplace.

This week's summary is a bit different than others. Alex Holder leads the way while George Olver is out on an adventure - listen to the podcast to find out what he's up to. We chat with Giorgio Testi, Music Video Director at Pulse Films for bands like The Killers and the Rolling Stones, and John Montgomery, EVP of Global Brand Safety at GroupM. They discuss utilising the world around you as a way to build your desired skill set outside of the typical workplace.

As part of UNBOUND: Visions Of The Black Feminine season at BFI, THINK Cinematic's Jan Asante hosted a special #BCAFilmFest (Black Cultural Archives Film Festival) screening of BAFTA-nominated British film Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall and written by the phenomenal debbie tucker green. Joining the conversation is The British Blacklist founder Akua Gyamfi, and Poet Be Manzini of Caramel Film Club.  Take a listen as they unpack the significance of director debbie tucker green's seminal film as a rare and exceptional offering in the underrepresented canon of contemporary Black and British drama and explore why it is that nuanced British family dramas that centre Black lives and feature prominent black, and if you like, specifically dark-skinned female leads remain so few and far between? HOST - Culture Kinetica: THINK CINEMATIC is a Creative Consultancy brand founded by designer, writer, and film programmer Jan Asante. As a curator, Jan has produced #BCAFilmFest in partnership with Black Cultural Archives since 2014, and served as a consultant on the 2016 BBC series, Black Is The New Black (for Iconoclast & Pulse Films). As a film writer, Jan has contributed to BFI/British Film Institute's Black Star Compendium and has been featured in Sight & Sound Magazine, Indiewire.com, Shadow & Act and June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive. [@JanaSante |@CultureKinetica | facebook.com/CultureKinetica] AKUA GYAMFI - Journalist, scriptwriter and founder of The British Blacklist - an online portal chronicling the careers of professionals from film, television, theatre, literature & music alongside daily news updates from across the entertainment industries. [www.thebritishblacklist.co.uk | @BritBlacklist] BE MANZINI - her writing practice spans poetry, theatre, journalism and film. Residencies and commissions include Hoxton Hall, Immediate Theatre and The Southbank Centre, as well as featuring in numerous publications and more recently online at The British Blacklist. Her films have screened as part of the BFI Love Festival, Apples & Snakes, Picture House cinemas and in various festivals here and abroad. Manzini supports and screens the work of Black actors and directors through Caramel Film Club. [@BeCreates]

Sam Pilling from Pulse Films who's worked on Music Videos for the Weeknd, J Cole and Major Lazer talks about his journey into Directing, the move into the commercial production space, and his experience of working in Kiev.

Sam Pilling from Pulse Films who's worked on Music Videos for the Weeknd, J Cole and Major Lazer talks about his journey into Directing, the move into the commercial production space, and his experience of working in Kiev.

Giorgio talks to the Movidiam podcast about his deep insight into the music video world. Having worked with the Gorillaz, the Killers and The Rolling Stones, he knows the visual music world intimately. The Pulse Films Director has also worked with brands such an Adidas and Guitar Hero.

Giorgio talks to the Movidiam podcast about his deep insight into the music video world. Having worked with the Gorillaz, the Killers and The Rolling Stones, he knows the visual music world intimately. The Pulse Films Director has also worked with brands such an Adidas and Guitar Hero.

Stephen has been directing fiction and non-fiction films for close to 20 years. Stephen's films include the cult documentary Cinemania, the platinum-selling Stones in Exile, about the making of the Stones classic 1972 album Exile On Main Street and the critically acclaimed BAFTA-nominated feature documentary Scott Walker, 30 Century Man, executive produced by David Bowie.In 2015, the feature documentary Stephen directed for Pulse Films was released about the biggest-selling boy band of all time, called Backstreet Boys: Show Em What You re Made Of. The film broke iTunes pre-sale records and was a massive fan-favorite the world over. Stephen's upcoming documentary is about the rock band X Japan, the most successful band in Japanese history making a play for American success with a show at Madison Square Garden, called We Are X, debuting at Sundance.