Join us for this exciting Q&amp;A with industry leaders discussing what it takes to make it in the entertainment industry. Learn about different career paths and how to get&nbsp;the job you want post-graduation.&nbsp; Panelists:&nbsp; DAHELI HALL&nbsp;TV Writer, Dear White People&nbsp; DAHÉLI HALL [da.hay.lee] is an award-winning LA-based performer, writer, and director. She uses comedy as a form of activism. Currently, Dahéli can be seen in Justin Simien’s BAD HAIR on Hulu….and according to him is, “the funniest person on the planet.” She is a writer and performer on Netflix's DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and a recurring character on GRACE &amp; FRANKIE.&nbsp;She is best known as a cast member and writer on season 13 of Fox’s MADtv. Dahéli has written and directed digital content for Funny or Die, VH1 and CBS. Dahéli also wrote and directed the Disney Channel’s hit digital micro-movie, EXCHANGE, and two of her short films: THE MEMO, and MANDINGO IN A BOX were licensed to HBO and won short film awards. Recently, Dahéli co-created and sold a half-hour comedy to BET with Pacific Electric Company producing. Dahéli is a Sundance Blackhouse Producing Fellow. She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has an MFA from the Stark Producing Program at USC. Dahéli is a native of Miami, FL, and proudly reps her Haitian and Jamaican descent. QUAN LATEEF-HILLProducer, AFROPUNK, Black Girls Rock, The Nod&nbsp; QUAN LATEEF-HILL is a multi-hyphenate Producer, Filmmaker, and Creator developing&nbsp;and producing multi-platform content in Television, Film, Digital, Podcast, Live Event &amp; Experiential Production. Throughout her 20-year career, Quan’s award-winning body of work has included scripted and unscripted content with studios and networks such as Viacom/BET/VH1, Quibi, Discovery, NBC, PBS, Bravo TV, Issa Rae Presents, Refinery29, Doc Society, Tool of America, Phenomenon, Citizen Jones, AFROPUNK, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! and others.&nbsp; Quan has worked across various time zones producing and directing talent around the globe, including locations such as London, Paris, Johannesburg–South Africa, and Brasil. Many of her roles have included development, packaging, pre &amp; post-production, staffing, impact strategy, talent booking and management.&nbsp; Quan formed Too Qute Productions in 2009 to produce and create projects that expand current perspectives of marginalized communities and focus on the narratives of women, youth, and people of color. Her goal is to inspire change and use storytelling to shift the global consciousness. Recently, Quan was an inaugural member of the 2019 Blackhouse Foundation/Independent Film Project (IFP) Multicultural Producers Fellowship, supported by HBO. ﻿HANS CHARLESDirector of Photography, 13th, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men A cinematographer and filmmaker working in the film business for the last ten years. He has shot for a range of directors including Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, Nefertit Nguvu, Salim Akil, Gloria LeMort and countless others. His films have won a BAFTA (British Academy Award) and have been nominated for an Oscar and Independent Spirit Award. His projects have screened at festivals all over the world including, The New York Film Festival, The Urban World Film Festival, the New York City Latino Film Festival, OutFest, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Zanzibar Film Festival, the BlackStar film festival, and HBO, ESPN, Netflix and Hulu. Hans created and hosts a weekly film podcast with his creative partner and Menelek Lumumba called the Back of the Theater podcast.&nbsp; DAPHNE MCWILLIAMSFilmmaker &amp; Producer, 4 Little Girls, Black Art: In the Absence of Light (HBO) An independent filmmaker, who&nbsp;began her career producing music videos for such artists as Queen Latifah, Blues Traveler and the Notorious B.I.G. In 1995, at Spike Lee's request, she produced the Oscar -nominated and Emmy- winning 4 Little Girls , about the murder of four Black girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Daphne has since produced, among many other works, a pair of episodes for The Blues (Martin Scorsese, 2003), The Curious Case of Curt Flood (Spike Lee, 2011), Slavery by Another Name (Samuel D. Pollard, 2012), and Maynard (Pollard, 2017), which tells the story of Atlanta's first African American mayor. As well, she produced Black Art: In the Absence of Light (Pollard), which premiered on HBO February 2021. Her directorial debut, In a Perfect World, garnered several festival awards and premiered on Showtime in 2016. Moderator:&nbsp; SHELBI' HAMHost, HBCU Pulse&nbsp; Shelbi’ Ham is a graduating senior, Mass Communications major at Albany State University. Shelbi‘ is the host of “Motivational Momentum”,&nbsp;a weekly afternoon drive show on Albany State University’s campus radio station “Real 92.7”. Shelbi’ is a member of the Pi Beta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated.

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HBCU Career Week: Getting The Career You Want In Entertainment Q&A Part 1 - April 7-11,  Hosted by HBCU Pulse  

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