Storytelling: Whose Voice? Seneca SCAA Diversity and Inclusion Speaking Ser
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Storytelling: Whose Voice?
NATHALIE YOUNGLAI
Award-winning writer and director for Film & Television
Founder, BIPOC TV & Film
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 7-8PM EST
Via Zoom (link will be sent to attendees prior to event)
Join Nathalie Younglai in conversation with Seneca faculty member and documentary filmmaker Sunny Yi as they explore the challenges and strategies for greater inclusion in storytelling media.
TV writer and director, and provocateur, Nathalie founded BIPOC TV & Film, a grassroots organization advocating meaningful representation of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in front and behind the camera.
Nathalie hauled her parents to the Daytime Emmys after being nominated for her writing on Dino Dana. She’s honored to be the recipient of the 2020 CSA Humanitarian Award, the WGC Alex Barris Mentorship Award and one of NOW Magazine’s 2020 Trailblazers.
Through BIPOC TV & Film, Nathalie recently launched HireBIPOC, an online industry-wide roster of Canadian BIPOC creatives and crew working in screen-based industries. She is currently working on a few projects in development and is Writer/Co-Producer on CBC’s Coroner.