Sheldon Levy w/ the finalists of the Nothing is Impossible Producers Award

Jennifer Randolph is SVP of Organizational Development – Director of Diversity at SaatchiNY. Since today marks the start of Black History Month, she’s offered to share some information on one of our Life in Color group’s initiatives taking place this month – a panel discussion on the portrayal of African Americans in the media.

LIFE IN COLOR
Life in Color, Saatchi & Saatchi’s multicultural resource group is happy to announce our first cultural event of the year! In honor of Black History Month, we’re helping to organize a panel discussion that is being presented by Run & Shoot Filmworks. Run & Shoot is an organization that’s behind our partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, which you may remember from the Nothing Is Impossible Producers’ Award Screening Series we held at SaatchiNY last year.

For the past two years, Saatchi & Saatchi have sponsored the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, where we annually present the Nothing is Impossible Producer’s Award.  Our partnership has honored the work of several incredible young film makers, and we’re looking forward to honoring even more in 2011.

THE COLOR OF CONVERSATION
The Color of Conversation is a panel discussion looking at “Cultural Portrayals in Media- Typecasting of the African American Actor: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous.”  The panel will feature our very own Sheldon Levy, as well as a number of other prolific authorities on the subjects of race and media.

The full panel includes:

• Sheldon Levy, EVP Associate Director Broadcast Production, Saatchi & Saatchi
• Jeff Burns Jr., Former Associate Publisher, Ebony Magazine
• Egypt Sarrod, Radio Commentator, WBLS
• Dana Roc, Publisher of Danaroc.com
• Floyd and Stephanie Rance co-founders of Run & Shoot Filmworks
• Ken Rance, Screenwriter of “New in Town,” panel moderator

It’s been a provocative year for images of African American Actors in film and this panel should present an exciting and invigorating conversation.

If you love film, please join Life in Color this Thursday, February 3^rd, 5:30-8:00p at Macy’s NYC – 8th floor. Reception to follow the discussion.

Front Page image of Floyd & Stephanie Rance, co-founders of Run & Shoot from Uptown Magazine

Tags: MVAAFF, Run & Shoot Filmworks, Sheldon Levy