Casting Society Of America To Hold Town Hall For Latino Actors
deadline.comThe Casting Society of America will host a town hall for Latino actors as part of its ongoing Commitment to Equity in Entertainment in Casting Initiative, which is designed “to effect concrete change in how actors in historically underrepresented communities are afforded access to job opportunities.” The town hall, titled ¡Mi Gente!
For Latine Actors and with sponsorship from SAG-AFTRA, will be held virtually December 7 at noon PT. Details here. In recent years, the CSA has held similar town halls for African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, Native Americans and military veterans.
Spearheaded by CSA board member Candido Cornejo, panelists will include casting directors Carla Hool, Victor Vasquez and Erika Sable Flores; director Luis Valdez; agent Natalie Moran; producers Greta Talia Fuentes and Jolene Rodriguez; actress Jeirmarie Osorio; manager Ivan De Paz; and casting executive Cesar Rocha.
Univision correspondent Daniela Ganoza will serve as co-moderator. “The CSA Latinx initiative sheds light on the immense need to address the lack of Latinx representation in Hollywood,” Hool said in a statement. “Not only that, it needs to play a very needed role in educating our industry in the fact that we, the Latine community, are a very diverse group of people.
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