Virtual See Jane Salon – API Representation Report and Panel
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3, 2021
Join us online August 3rd for this premiere event, conversation with acclaimed panelists, and launch of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media’s new groundbreaking research study: I Am Not a Fetish or Model Minority: Redefining What it Means to be API in Entertainment.
This inaugural study investigates Asian and Pacific Islander (API) representation in 100 popular films — the 10 top-grossing domestic films from each year between 2010-2019 — along with a landmark survey of API entertainment content creators. This study will provide critical insights to drive progress for more authentic representations.
WATCH THE EVENT
EVENT HOSTS:
Madeline Di Nonno | President and CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Jennifer Suh | Senior Manager, Industry Outreach, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
OPENING REMARKS:
Geena Davis | Founder and Chair, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Michelle Sugihara | Executive Director, CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)
Bing Chen | President and Co-Founder, Gold House
RESEARCH PRESENTATION:
Ninochka McTaggart, Ph.D. | Director, Research and Outreach, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Michele Meyer | Senior Director, Research and Methodologies, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
PANEL MODERATOR:
Craig Robinson | EVP and Chief Diversity Officer, NBCUniversal
PANELISTS:
Margaret Cho | Comedian, Actor, Musician, Advocate and Entrepreneur
Christopher Kahunahana | Filmmaker and Award-Winning Artist
Christina M. Kim | Executive Producer & Co-Showrunner, Kung Fu
Jane Lee | Manager of Original Animated Series, Netflix
Fawzia Mirza | Writer/Creator/Director
ABOUT CAPE
Celebrating 30 years, CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) advances representation for Asian American and Pacific Islander storytellers in Hollywood in three ways: (1) nurturing and engaging creative talent and executive leadership, (2) providing cultural content consulting and talent referrals, and (3) championing projects for critical box office and streaming success. Through our industry-renowned programs such as the CAPE New Writers Fellowship and the CAPE Leaders Fellowship, our consulting and talent referral services, the CAPE Database, and #GoldOpen, CAPE is breaking barriers to representation from the writers’ room to the boardroom to the living room. To learn more, visit www.capeusa.org.
ABOUT GOLD HOUSE
Gold House is the premier nonprofit collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to enabling authentic multicultural representation and societal equity. Our ventures include uniting APIs and other marginalized communities to fight for equality (All of Us Movement, Stop Asian Hate Movement); championing authentic API representation through media to reshape public opinion (Gold Open, Gold Records, A100 List); and accelerating economic success and commercial representation through API founders (Gold Rush, Founder Network, Angel Network). To learn more, visit www.goldhouse.org.
