The following CFP may be of interest to scholars working on questions of sustainable filmmaking and race/gender equality in film. 

  CFP EXTENDED DEADLINE: Bridging Gaps: Where is the film scholar in Hollywood filmmaking?
Extended deadline for conference abstract submissions is November 4th, 2016

Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 4th international conference “Bridging Gaps: Where is the film scholar in Hollywood filmmaking?” is hosting an exclusive media workshop and features the following key speakers at the University of Southern California on March 17-19, 2017:
 

Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Sociology at Biola University, California
www.nancywyuen.com

Dr Nancy Yuen will be offering a talk on her upcoming book Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (Rutgers University Press) at the conference as well. 

Dr. Vanessa Diaz
Faculty, Department of Communication at Cal State Fullerton
Ford Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles
http://communications.fullerton.edu/faculty/communications/diaz_vanessa.php Dr Vaness Diaz is a freelance reporter for People Magazine and her latest interview on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has been published in The Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic.

Kevin Del Principe
Lecturer, School of Film and Television
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), California
http://kevindelprincipe.com

Kevin recently published a blog article in Hollywood North Magazine on sustainable filmmaking. He will be speaking about the topic at the media panel of the conference. 

Visit our website for more information and registration information: http://www.cmc-centre.com/conferences/losangeles