the hollywood reporter On Wednesday, he announced his inaugural luncheon, “Raising Our Voices: Defining Hollywood’s Inclusion Agenda,” with a speech by Marley Matlin and speeches by Troy Kotsur, Gina Davis and others.
The event, presented by Walmart, will bring together the industry’s most influential and inspiring executives, storytellers and thought-provoking leaders in a groundbreaking series of discussions on diversity, equality and the state of inclusion in Hollywood and the future.
Kotsuri, who won an Oscar this year for his performance at Apple Studios. CODA, will introduce Matlin, his Best Picture-winning co-star, writer-director Xian Heather. Matlin became the first deaf actor to receive an Oscar for his lead role. Children of the Little God, In 1987; Kotsuri is now the second artist to have this distinction.
Other speakers and speakers appearing on stage include Oscar winner Davis, founder/president of the Geena Davis Institute, Gender Media and the Bentonville Film Festival; actor and activist Wilmer Valderrama; Dr. Sharon Little, Global Inclusion Strategy Lead at CAA; Writer-Producer-Director-Actress Gloria Calderon Keleti (Netflix’s One day, amazon With love); Samata Narra, Senior Vice President, Equity + Inclusion, Content at Warner Bros. Discovery; Global indigenous producer and activist Bird Runningwater; President and CEO of Illuminative Crystal Echo Hawk; Nick Novick, founder and director of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge; Ritchie Siegel, co-founder and president of the Inevitable Foundation; Dr. Yalda Uls, Assistant Professor at UCLA and Founder of the Center for Scholars and Storytellers; and Heather Rossi, American Sign Language Translator and Senior ASL Consultant CODA.
The event will be invite-only at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on April 20.
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Source: Hollywood Reporter
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