HOSTED BY ONE SCRIBE MEDIA ALONG WITH THEÂ MARK O'DONNELL THEATER AT THE ACTORS FUND ARTS CENTER.
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PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BEÂ THREE SCREENINGS BACK TO BACK, SEE THE TIMES BELOW:
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THE FIRST SCREENING IS AT 2:00PM, SCREENING STARTS AT 2:30PM
THE SECOND SCREENING IS AT 4:00PM, SCREENING STARTS AT 4:30PM
THE THIRD SCREENING IS AT 6:00PM, SCREENING STARTS AT 6:30PM
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AFTER EACH SCREENING, THERE WILL BE A PANEL FOR 45 MINUTES AND A RECEPTION AT THE HILTON HOTEL NEXT DOOR.
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JOURNALIST SHARLYN PIERRE has experience working in the publishing industry conducting research and contributing to print and online. Working for magazines like W, InStyle, Allure and Billboard, she realized her interest shifted in the medium of storytelling and proactively changed gears, entering television and film. When this St. John’s alum isn’t working on original content, she’s finding out what the young folks are watching and listening to.
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JOURNALIST DRIADONNA ROLAND is an ‘80s baby born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. After earning her B.S. in Journalism at Florida A&M University, she got her start as a newspaper reporter, then transitioned to digital media. Driadonna has always merged her journalism skills with her passion for entertainment, as a writer for MTV News, BuzzFeed, REVOLT, and more. Now a development producer at Complex, she writes features, produces digital content, and creates new brand franchises. Currently she is working to transition her experience as a creative storyteller into becoming a television writer/showrunner. You can reach her at Driadonna.com or on social media @DreeTV.
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KERRY CODDETT is a New York- based stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Mic.com, Elite Daily, Splitsider, Elle.com, Buzzfeed, and Salon.
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Kerry was a staff writer on Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, which is produced by John
Oliver and airs on HBO. She’ll appear on E!’s Funny Dance Show, which debuts this Spring. Kerry has appeared on season 2 of HBO’s Crashing, TruTV’s Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks, and has made appearances on BET's The Rundown with Robin Thede and performed stand up on 50 Central. She was the most frequent guest panelist on Comedy Central's The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a reoccurring cast member
on MTV’s Joking Off and she’s also Knockout, Huffington Post Live, and Essence Live.
appeared on TruTV’s Comedy
In 2017, Kerry was crowned the winner of the Caroline’s on Broadway Comedy Madness Competition. Beating out 63 comedians, she was also the first woman to win! Kerry has performed stand up at the New York Comedy Festival, The Women In Comedy Festival, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival,and Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival. She has also been a guest co-host on The Young Turks, and she co-hosted Wake Up! w/ Taylor (Sirius XM) multiple times.
Lande Yoosuf is a television industry professional with several years of experience casting at numerous networks including MTV, NBC, WEtv, truTV and Bravo to name a few. Lande Yoosuf oversees all aspects of casting and production at One Scribe Media with a strong emphasis on story composition. Her responsibilities help to ensure that her client's creative goals, vision and needs are met maintaining One Scribe Media's expressed brand.
Lande's first film Privilege Unhinged is showing on the television channel Shorts TV (http://shorts.tv). Her second project entitled Second Generation Wedding is awaiting responses from various film festivals.
Lande is currently writing several screenplays covering themes of media influence, sociology, gender and race relations, pop culture, women's empowerment and self-image. Lande graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in Television and a minor in marketing.