Philm Factory Presents “Black in Hollywood: Carlton Jordan & The Trials of Tokenism”

In partnership with Moviefield Entertainment, Corp. A live Q&A will follow the screening of ‘Black in Hollywood,’ a docu series that explores the lives of creatives living and working in Hollywood.

Industry featured guests joining us for the Live Panel Discussion: Carlton Jordan, Miranda Bowden-Parker, Kanithea Powell, & Brandon Miree.

Moderated by Philm Factory’s Floyd Marshall and Tammy Hoskins

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PANELIST:

Brandon Miree is an award-winning writer, director, and producer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He’s an Executive Producer on the Telly Award-winning series “Life After” on Amazon Prime Video. The docuseries chronicles the unique post-NFL careers of various retired football players. “Black in Hollywood,” a docu-series created by Miree explores the paths of Black creatives living and working in Hollywood and has won 3 top awards for Outstanding Doc on the festival circuit. Miree’s scripted digital series “The Other Side of Normal,” received 2021 and 2020 honorable mentions for best TV Show/Web Series (Denton Black Film Festival, Venice Film Awards).

Miranda Bowden-Parker is a writer and director from Los Angeles. She’s written 8 episodes of television and has been a finalist in Color Creative’s ABFF Script-to-Screen, Charles D. King’s Macro Episodic Lab, Creative Lab’s Script-to-Screen, and Write in Color. She most recently has penned episodes for Disney Plus’s Pretty Freekin Scary and MC Lyte’s television show Partners in Rhyme on AllBlk.

Carlton Jordan is an award-winning writer, director and producer who has spent nearly 20 years in unscripted television. He is currently serving as a Co-Executive Producer on ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ after serving as Consulting Producer on ‘Sweet Life: Los Angeles on HBO Max and ‘March’ on the CW . He is also developing a live-action project with Academy Award winner Regina King and an animated project with 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj.

Kanithea Powell started her career as one of the founding members of the Orlando Black Theatre, the first African American theatre company in Orlando, Florida. There, she directed, produced, and performed in several plays before moving to Atlanta and starting a career as a television producer for a local TV station. In Atlanta she formed Qwest Films Network, and dove head first into the world of film – “Finding Juliet”(accepted in 28 film festivals, winner best short), “Two Minutes Two Seconds” (winner for best screenplay), “For Sale”(winner for best short film), “Humanity” (Winner for Best Short Film, best Makeup and wardrobe, best editing and is still on its film festival run). After making several successful films and winning a few film awards, she moved to DC and released her first book “BUTCH, Never Judge a Butch By Her Cover”. Butch has been featured in several national and global publications like Huffington Post, NY Times, Buzzfeed, Diva, and After Ellen-just to name a few. Butch can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and in over 23 countries.