Official E-Newsletter of the SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local
March 20, 2017
IN THIS ISSUE Chicago Women in Film Brand & Market Yourself Commercial Audition Conservatory Asian Pacific American Media Committee Event
March to Success this Spring with a Variety of Events
Election Workers Needed
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New Member Orientation
The National Women's Committee of SAG-AFTRA Celebrates Chicago Women in Film A now-famous Chicago actor once said in an interview that since he could not find a producer to hire him, he became a producer and hired himself. On Friday, March 31, we will be celebrating women filmmakers who made the definitive choice that rather than look to others for opportunities, they would create them for themselves. Panelists include: Erica Weiss is a Jeff-nominated theater director and filmmaker based in Chicago. Her primary passions lie in the development of new work and bringing female voices to the stage and screen. Along with longtime collaborator Caitlin Parrish, she co-directed The View from Tall, which has screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival. Mary Kay Cook, a SAG-AFTRA member and co-producer of the film The View from Tall. Cook is an award-winning independent film producer with credits spanning multiple mediums, including features, documentaries, short films and web series. Susan Kerns is an assistant professor at Columbia College Chicago and the founder of the Feminist Film Festival. She has produced and/or directed six short films, wrote the feature Little Red (currently streaming) and is producing the feature documentary Manlife: The Last of the Lawsonians. Rae Shaw is a writer, director, producer and graduate of the University of Chicago, where she debuted her award-winning film Soap & Roses. We will be interviewing her by Skype from Los Angeles. She will share what it's like for a woman of color to break into a facet of the business dominated by white males. Don't miss this fun, inspiring and empowering event! When: Friday, March 31