Join IndieWire and Disney for ‘Abbott Elementary’ Panel with Quinta Brunson in Attendance May 20
Christian Blauvelt
IndieWire and Disney are ready to “Pass the Remote” once again. Our TV FYC screening series has returned to the Vidiots Foundation in Los Angeles’s Eagle Rock neighborhood for more lively conversations with top industry talent.
On Tuesday May 20, we’ll be welcoming Quinta Brunson and members of the creative team of “Abbott Elementary” for a panel discussion and a screening.
Two-time Emmy winning creator/executive producer/star Brunson will be joined on stage by executive producers Justin Halperin, Patrick Schumaker, and Brian Rubeinstein for a conversation with IndieWire’s awards editor, film & TV, Marcus Jones.
Tuesday, May 20
6:00pm – Doors Open
7:00pm – Panel and Discussion
8:00-9:00pm – Beer/Wine Reception
Our most recent event was on May 3 and featured a screening of “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” followed by a panel conversation with its Oscar-winning filmmaking team, the director and executive producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and producer Joseph Patel. Both won the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for 2021’s “Summer of Soul.” With “Sly Lives!” they’ve made an extraordinary cinematic portrait of Sly Stone and his work with Sly and the Family Stone.
“We love hosting these screenings with our partners at Vidiots Foundation and Disney,” said Dana Harris-Bridson, senior VP and Editor-in-Chief at IndieWire. “The IndieWire moderators are excellent, the panelists are even better, and the audience tells us how much they appreciate hearing first-hand stories from the people who make their favorite shows. It’s becoming a great tradition.”
“We’re very excited to partner again with Disney on the Pass The Remote series at our favorite LA theater, Vidiots Foundation,” said IndieWire Senior VP & Publisher James Israel. “We made a lot of magic together last Emmy season with screenings of ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Reservations Dogs,’ ‘Jim Henson Idea Man,’ and top talent from FX, Hulu, Nat Geo, Disney, and ABC. The programming this year is even better.”
Register for the “Abbott Elementary” with Quinta Brunson on May 20 here.
Awards Voters and Industry Professionals can apply to attend this series.
LIST OF EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE
TUESDAY APRIL 1
Disney Casting Panel
Attending casting directors: Tiffany Little Canfield, “Paradise,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Doctor Odyssey”; Wendy O’Brien, “Abbott Elementary”; Danielle Aufiero, “Good American Family”; Seth Yanklewitz, “Deli Boys”; Julie Ashton (“Mid-Century Modern”); Josh Einsohn (“Paradise”)
TUESDAY APRIL 15
Disney Music Panel
Attending composers: Siddhartha Khosla, “Only Murders in the Building,” “Paradise”; The Newton Brothers, “Daredevil: Born Again”; Michael Paraskevas, “Agatha All Along”; Ariel Marx (“Dying for Sex”)
Attending music supervisors: Tiffany Anders (“Good American Family”) and Jen Ross (“English Teacher”).
SATURDAY MAY 3
“Sly Lives!” Screening and Panel
With director and executive producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and producer Joseph Patel in attendance.
