Casting Society hosts the town hall for Latino actors

The Casting Society will host a community hall for Latino actors as part of its ongoing commitment to equality in entertainment in casting initiative, which aims to “create tangible changes in the access of actors in historically underrepresented communities to employment opportunities push”.

The town hall entitled ¡Mi Gente! For Latin American actors and sponsored by SAG-AFTRA takes place on December 7th at 12pm PT. details here.

In recent years, the group has held similar town halls for African Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, Native Americans and military veterans.

Panelists, led by Councilor Candido Cornejo, include casting directors Carla Hool, Victor Vasquez and Erika Sable Flores; director Luis Valdez; agent Natalie Moran; producers Greta Talia Fuentes and Jolene Rodriguez; actress Jeirmarie Osorio; Managing Director Ivan De Paz; and casting director Cesar Rocha. Univision correspondent Daniela Ganoza serves as co-moderator.

“The CSA Latinx initiative highlights the dire need to address the lack of Latinx representation in Hollywood,” Hool said in a statement. “Not only that, it should play a much needed role in educating our industry that we, the Latin American community, are a very diverse group of people. It’s time for us to be taken out of the box we’ve been put in, and most importantly, I hope we get to a point where we drop labels and everyone is truly equalized.

“As someone who works on the front lines with disadvantaged communities and underrepresented youth, it is very important to me to bring out the full meaning of the word ‘inclusion’,” says Flores, who is also executive director of the youth cinema project. . “We have to do better. Entire communities continue to be shut out of entertainment careers in front of and behind the camera. I am grateful that CSA is willing to have this conversation.”

“I am extremely grateful for the extraordinary people who are coming together for this important conversation,” said Cornejo. “It’s great to have some of these veterans that I’ve looked up to, along with some of my peers and peers who are genuine Guerreros (Warriors) for our community. We must come together as one strong voice so that our colleagues can listen to understand what is still going on today. This is a lived experience that we share as a Latin American community that is often misrepresented and it is important to me that we correct this as much as possible.