Gloria Calderón Kellett, Tanya Saracho and More Strategize to Empower Latino TV Writers at DEAR Hollywood Event
variety.comSelome Hailu Issues of discrimination and exclusion in Hollywood are often driven by baseless beliefs about marginalized communities, and even efforts to increase diversity sometimes get stalled in the “listening phase” without prioritizing action.
That’s why Harness (and organization founded by America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama and Ryan Piers Williams) and Untitled Latinx Project (ULP) co-produce DEAR Hollywood (Demanding Equal Access and Representation in Hollywood).
The initiative focuses on concrete, data-based strategies for change. “Latine storytellers and Latine storytelling has lived in the shadows since the advent of Hollywood.
It’s always been like this,” said “Vida” creator and ULP member Tanya Saracho while opening DEAR Hollywood and UTA’s Latine Heritage Month event. “We are allowed a glimpse of light here and there, but we always go back in the shadows.
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