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LIVE from NYC: Immigrants on Screen

LIVE from NYC: Immigrants on Screen

FromIn The Thick


LIVE from NYC: Immigrants on Screen

FromIn The Thick

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jun 14, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For this live show from New York City co-hosted with Alianza HBO and SOMOS Viacom Maria and Julio are joined by Doris Casap, senior vice president of HBO film programming and Erika Soto Lamb, vice president of social impact for Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land, as well as Jessica Leonardo, production assistant at HBO. They discuss how immigrants are represented in entertainment and how the industry in changing to better represent diverse communities.    ITT Staff Picks:


The study done by The Norman Lear Center and Define America that explores immigrant portrayals on television. 
Why Netflix should never have cancelled One Day At A Time, via Refinery29


TV shows struggle to reflect U.S. Latino presence, from Futuro Media familia, Nicole Acevedo of NBC News.


This episode was mixed by Jeanne Montalvo. 

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Released:
Jun 14, 2019
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Podcast episode

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Journalists tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.