On Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30 pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series will honor award-winning filmmakers JT Takagi, the Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, and Terence Nance, creator of HBO's Random Acts of Flyness, with the Reel Sisters Trailblazer award for their outstanding contributions to the film industry. Jules And The Jinks, a winner of AfroPunk's 2018 battle of the bands competition, will pay tribute to our honorees.
The awards ceremony will be held at SVA Theater, 333 West 23 St., in historic Chelsea. CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies.
Join us for another fun and inspiring evening. Tickets: $45 or $35 (Bring a Pal discount).
Shahadi Wright Joseph is a singer, actor, and dancer who at age nine, made history as the youngest actor to play Young Nala in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway. Alongside Beyoncé and Donald Glover, Shahadi will reprise her role in the highly anticipated The Lion King live-action remake, coming to movie theaters in Summer 2019. Shahadi currently plays Holiday, the lead character in the Gen-Z podcast series, Six Minutes and has signed a film deal with Jordan Peele,
Shahadi began her career as a Fisher-Price print model, and at age two, she started her dance training with the performing arts organization, Purelements: An Evolution in Dance. In fall 2015, Shahadi joined the original Broadway cast of School of Rock, playing the role of Madison and understudied the role of Tomika.
Shahadi's performances were recognized by the AUDELCO Theater Committee, earning her the 2016 AUDELCO "Rising Star" Award. Shahadi is proud to have worked with legendary composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in musicals that have won Tony Awards and received Fred and Adele Astaire Award nominations.
In 2016, she was part of the star-studded cast of NBC's three-time Emmy Award winning production of Hairspray Live where she worked with Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande! Shahadi's performance was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
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