May 12, 2021
The Gotham Presents – From Film to Podcast: Pivoting Mediums
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Join us as we discuss How to pivot and turn your film project into a podcast.

Overview

Podcasting has taken off. With an increase in podcasting deals and the rise of podcast platforms more filmmakers are turning to audio storytelling as a medium to launch their stories. In this event hosted in partnership with MiFILM, we get to talk to executives and creators in the podcasting space to understand what podcasting networks are looking for and how filmmakers can break-in while leveraging the power of audio storytelling.

This is event is part of The Gotham's Expanding Communities series. Expanding Communities is a program dedicated to providing a space for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) creators (film, tv and audio) and organizations to host discussions that expand the awareness of topics significant to underrepresented voices. This program also provides an opportunity for BIPOC creators and organizations to reach new audiences as well as to enhance their skill sets and professional networks.

Panelists

Elizabeth Charles
Syrn Media - Founder
Elizabeth Charles has over a decade of experience in media and entertainment across radio, commercials, branded content, music videos, short films and television in the Caribbean and United States. Elizabeth works to champion content that exemplifies inclusive and diverse storytelling from multicultural voices. Elizabeth previously worked in radio as On Air Host and Commercial Voice Over Artist in both the Cayman Islands and the US in addition to being Urban Music Director for 88.9 WERS in Boston that averaged 190K listeners per week. She was one of the two first black students admitted to the MBA/MFA in Producing program at NYU in 2014. As such, she is graduate of NYU Stern School of Business and the Tisch School of the Arts, an Independent Producer and a Strategist having worked for PwC and Univision. As a producer, Elizabeth’s short films have received awards from several film festivals including Clermont Ferrand and the Emerging Filmmaker Award in 2017 and 2018 from Palm Springs Shortfest, additionally, she has produced two Vimeo Staff Picks.  Her projects have amassed >20 digital views. She is the founder of Syrn Media, which promotes underrepresented filmmakers through strategic services that increase diversity and inclusion in media. She cohosts a daily video podcast on Caymanian culture for the Cayman Islands, Homeland Daily.  She is a 2020 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and recipient of the Mark Silverman Honor.   Her audio/video hybrid series concept, Before We Wrap,  a late night series on black female cultural issues was selected for the inaugural Gotham Audio Hub.

Corinne Gilliard
Spotify - Podcast Development Consultant & Executive Producer
Corinne is an Emmy-nominated TV/audio producer & development executive. She began her professional life in television as an intern on the final seasons of The Oprah Winfrey Show and for the following eight years, produced non-fiction content for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. In 2017, she became the Director of Development at Crooked Media and over the course of her tenure, worked to launch an array of hit shows including Keep It, Hysteria, America Dissected and This Land, among others. In 2019, she launched the Emmy Award-winning series, The Tamron Hall Show for Disney/ABC and in 2020, she became Oprah Winfrey’s senior producer, working on culture-shaping conversations for The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV+, and the primetime event, Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special watched by millions of people around the world. Currently, Corinne is Executive Producer of Original Content at Spotify where she will be overseeing a portfolio of premium audio programming in various stages of production and development spanning multiple genres, formats, and company initiatives. She is based in Los Angeles, where she lives with her partner, Eric and their puppy, Harlem.

Ashley Hobbs
Ashley is a writer, story editor and podcast producer whose work sits at the crash site of culture and solid storytelling. Her goal is always to inform, encourage, connect, and evoke. She currently produces Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams, a culturally-grounded news podcast presented by The Black Effect Network from iHeartRadio and Charlamagne tha God. She is also part of unir’s Ground Game: Georgia production team, a podcast that highlights Georgia activists whose efforts recently shifted the political landscape. Ashley’s previous work includes producing 2x Webby-nominated ESSENCE Podcast Network’s slate of five podcasts offering engaging lifestyle and relationships, work and money, celebrity/entertainment, beauty, and Gen Z content. She entered audio production with the Black Film Space podcast, booking and producing their first season. She then joined the ABF Creative team to help produce and story edit Through Her Eyes an audio experience dedicated to the mothers of those slain by gun violence. Ashley's commission in everything she creates is to amplify the stories that make us feel something big. A Jersey girl through and through, Ashley holds both a B.A in Communications and an MBA from Georgian Court University.

James T. Green
James T. Green is an audio documentarian by trade and an artist by practice. His website is jamestgreen.com.

Presented With

MiFilm is a global community, increasing equity and inclusion for POC and people with disabilities in film and entertainment. We are not just filmmakers, we are social entrepreneurs designing innovative ways to use film to protect and shape our cultures against the threat of mass media. We believe that media is a dominant language that criticizes and defines society. Therefore, as people of color and people with disabilities, we demand members of our society to increase media literacy and communication competency by participating in our accelerator labs, and fostering collaboration with studios that encourage creative equity.

Date & Time

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

Location

Virtual Online

RSVP Instructions

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For questions, please contact Nevin at [email protected]