Thanks to everyone who participated in the DISTRIBUTION IN REVERSE TELECLASS.
We had a great class and we so know many of you wanted to be there but couldn't make it...so here is the class below, in its entirety.
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Workbook
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About Stacey Parks
Stacey Parks is an expert in the area of independent film distribution, with over 13 years experience working with independent film producers. As a Foreign Sales Agent she has secured distribution for hundreds of independent features and programs worldwide. She has sold independent films and programming to HBO, Showtime, Starz, PBS, A&E, BBC, SkyTV, NHK (Japan), RTL (Germany), Canal Plus (France), and countless others. Her clients films have premiered at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, San Sebastian, and other major film festivals. Her clients include Sundance and SXSW award-winning filmmakers and producers who have secured studio and mini-major distribution. Stacey is the author of 'The Insider's Guide to Independent Film Distribution" (2007 Focal Press), the founder of Film Specific, the educational resource and community for independent filmmakers focused on helping independent filmmakers get their works distributed, and she is an adjunct professor in the Entertainment Studies department of UCLA. Stacey has been profiled and interviewed in MovieMaker Magazine, Student Filmmakers Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor and the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has spoken on numerous panels including the Alliance of Women Directors, Slamdance and the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, has presented lectures or workshops at the British Film Institute, UCLA, Women In Film, and the Raindance Film Festival, and frequently writes articles for MovieMaker Magazine, MovieScope Magazine, and Student Filmmakers Magazine.
About Tanya Kersey
As one of Hollywood's most respected and well-regarded entertainment journalists and commentators, Tanya has her finger on the pulse of what's happening in the world of urban entertainment. Throughout her career, Tanya has developed and earned a reputation for covering the entertainment industry, focusing on celebrities, film, television, music, fashion, award shows, special events and the business of entertainment in a trend-setting, groundbreaking format.
Among the countless radio and television programs, and print and internet publications Tanya has been interviewed for: The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, the Associated Press, the Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Black Enterprise, the Miami Herald, Upscale Magazine, Diversity Magazine, Los Angeles Sentinel, Rolling Out Magazine, American Legacy Magazine, Turning Points Magazine, "The Tavis Smiley Show," CNN News, KNBC Sunday Morning Live, "BET Tonight" and Biography Channel's "Famous."
Empowerment has been the guiding force behind every personal and professional endeavor taken on by veteran entertainment journalist and festival producer, Tanya Kersey. Kersey is perhaps best known as the Founder, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the entertainment trade publication, Black Talent News and its companion website, Blacktalentnews.com; and as the Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Black Film Festival, an annual 6-day celebration of black cinema drawing together established filmmakers, popular film and TV stars, writers, directors, industry executives, emerging artists and new audiences from Southern California and around the world.
On the entertainment beat for more than 15 years, Tanya has covered a variety of high-profile events such as the Oscars, Emmys, SAG Awards, BET Awards, and the NAACP Image Awards; and has conducted countless celebrity interviews including Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Steve Harvey, Omarion, Mo'Nique, and Bernie Mac, to name just a few. As a contributing writer/editor, Tanya's many essays and articles about the entertainment industry have appeared in Upscale Magazine, BRE Magazine, EUR, Target Market News, Raw Story, L.A. Sentinel, The Portland Observer, The Westside Gazette, Columbus Post, Black Journalist and Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
Tanya can currently be heard on KPFK (90.7FM) Radio as a contributor and frequent co-host on the "Samm Brown for the Record" show delivering the Urban Entertainment Report.
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