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Episode 87: Mimi Valdes of Pharrell Williams's i Am Other
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Bill and Jamal are joined by Mimi Valdes, Chief Creative Officer of Pharrell Williams's production company, i Am Other. Valdes talks about her path from Chelsea Projects in NYC to Vibe Magazine Editor-in-Chief, to i Am Other and Pharrell, to movie producer and writer (11:25). She also discusses her latest movie project, Hidden Figures, set to come out in December 2016 (30:25), whether there are enough stories/images of people of color coming out of Hollywood (37:11), power and control exhibited by people of color in the industry (48:35), and she even weighs in on Colin Kaepernick (57:19). All this and much more on the latest edition of Bill Rhoden On Sports. Production assistance from Kevin Keating.
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Manage episode 160218847 series 1083099
Bill and Jamal are joined by Mimi Valdes, Chief Creative Officer of Pharrell Williams's production company, i Am Other. Valdes talks about her path from Chelsea Projects in NYC to Vibe Magazine Editor-in-Chief, to i Am Other and Pharrell, to movie producer and writer (11:25). She also discusses her latest movie project, Hidden Figures, set to come out in December 2016 (30:25), whether there are enough stories/images of people of color coming out of Hollywood (37:11), power and control exhibited by people of color in the industry (48:35), and she even weighs in on Colin Kaepernick (57:19). All this and much more on the latest edition of Bill Rhoden On Sports. Production assistance from Kevin Keating.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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