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CTSJ's the Matrix Black Women in Hollywood Series presents: D’Angela Proctor, CEO of Wayfarer Entertainment

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Proctor is a multi-faceted C-Suite executive who has successfully straddled the creative and business sides of entertainment. While she began her career as an attorney, Proctor most recently served as consultant at Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Filmworks, to service its exclusive television pact with Warner Bros. TV, after a strategic leadership role at Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films. 

Dr. Nosh McTaggart - Black Women in Hollywood Series

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Ninochka McTaggart, Ph.D. is a Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and she holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside. She served as guest curator of the exhibit, “Don’t Believe the Hype”: L.A. Asian Americans in Hip Hop at the Chinese American Museum in 2018. Her latest book is “White Privilege: The Persistence of Racial Hierarchy in a Culture of Denial.” 

Oxy Arts and the Arts in Los Angeles Immersive Semester

Oxy Arts opened in 2019 on York Boulevard and is the community-based arts hub of Occidental College. The Arts in Los Angeles Immersive Semester is an interdisciplinary approach for first-year students, even while remote, to become actively involved in research on and the work of the arts in Los Angeles. At this special event, Oxy Arts Director Meldia Yesayan and Professor Amy Lyford will discuss their work with Oxy students and the Eagle Rock community, and how these new programs are enriching the Oxy experience.