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Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment (ENME) pronounces the return of Indie Directors and Creators Spotlight to Park City, Utah, January 20-21, 2024. The two-day activation will rejoice various voices in filmmaking in addition to spotlight new and upcoming expertise. 

Award-winning producer, director and author Ericka Nicole Malone created the Indie Directors and Creators Spotlight to convey collectively world-renowned administrators, actors and artists to handle necessary points dealing with unbiased expertise in search of alternatives in Hollywood all of the whereas uplifting various and underrepresented voices within the business. 

“There is such a wealth of talent to be found within the independent creators community and providing them a space, not only to congregate, but be celebrated is the fundamental purpose of the Indie Directors and Creators Spotlight,” mentioned Ericka Nicole Malone, Founder, ENME. “It is imperative, now more than ever, to support upcoming and established talent of color in their journeys, sharing their voices and passion with the world. With this activation, we hope to bring amplification, opportunity and inspiration to the Hollywood community.”

Held at The Cabin on Main Street, the programming schedule, together with choose panels and moderated discussions is as follows: 

“Designing the Black Experience: A Conversation with Ruth E. Carter“ | Featuring Academy Award-winning Costume Designer, Ruth E. Carter  

An intimate dialog with two-time Academy Award successful movie costume designer, Ruth E. Carter, famend for her historic Oscar costume design wins for Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In this candid dialog, Ruth E. Carter will discuss her expansive profession as a “storyteller” by costume design, her private journey navigating Hollywood, and the extraordinary strides made by black ladies within the leisure business. 

“Women of Color Breaking Down Barriers Behind-the-Scenes”  | Featuring Emmy Winning Casting Director, Robi Reed; Executive Producer, Dr. Holly Carter; and Rose Catherine Pinkney, VP of Scripted Programming at BET

The highly effective panel of Black feminine executives has damaged down boundaries in Hollywood and made extraordinary strides in altering the panorama of movie and tv. In this dialogue, they are going to discover and rejoice the contributions of ladies of shade — the writers, administrators, present runners, costume designers, digicam operators and producers — who are sometimes ignored, shining a lightweight on the varied presence of ladies of shade shaping the tales behind-the-scenes in Hollywood. These ladies are creating alternatives for girls of shade to inform complicated and wealthy tales with characters that mirror a various world. 

“Spotlighting Black Excellence in Hollywood: A Conversation with Television Director, Ken Whittingham” | Featuring NAACP Image Award-winning Television Director, Ken Whittingham 

An intimate dialog that takes us into the world of Ken Whittingham, certainly one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed tv administrators. He will communicate candidly  about his expertise as a Black man in Hollywood and the way he efficiently broke the stereotype of Black creatives solely able to telling Black tales. Ken’s credit spotlight a profession of storytelling with characters that mirror the wealthy various tradition of America from the attitude of a visionary director and producer. 

The Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment Indie Directors & Creators Spotlight will proceed to construct out this system with extra panels in addition to shock musical performances. For extra data, please go to www.erickanicolemalone.com.  

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