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Shahid Manning, Founder and Executive Director
of Millennia Scope Entertainment Foundation talks about their upcoming gala
for the LGBT entertainment community with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. The first annual Millennia Scope
Gala is a post Oscar ceremony celebration event honoring the best,
brightest and emerging LGBT talent shaping entertainment in Hollywood
and takes place on Sunday February 22nd at Los Globos in Los Angeles,
California. During this unprecedented fabulous event Millennia Scope
will acknowledge the contributions of significant players whose creative
work raises awareness and rewrites a modern image of our LGBT community
in the world of entertainment and well beyond. Honorees include Martin
Gero, Creator “LA Complex” (CW), Ben Cory Jones, Creator and Writer
“Bro’s” (HBO), Producer Toni Newman “Heart of A Woman” and Actor Jeffrey
Tambor, “Transparent” (Amazon Prime). We talked to Shahid about making
the Millennia Scope Gala an annual event and his spin on our LGBT
issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Manning stated, “I’m a gay black man. I am 100% committed to it. My mother taught me in the seventies that ‘it doesn’t matter what other people think, it matters what you think of yourself. I love you for who you are.’ So that’s just who I am and of course as a member of the LGBT community I firmly believe we should have the same rights as any other citizen in this country. I am actually proud that we have more states than not who have equal marriage rights and that’s the way it should be. Equality, equality, equality, that’s what this country is suppose to be about anyway.”
Shahid Manning is a graduate of Howard University’s theatre and business schools. A former corporate executive, Manning moved from New York to Southern California to become an active participant in the theatre and film community in Los Angeles. He has worked in a number of capacities within the entertainment industry uniquely promoting LGBT media and film. In 2009 Manning launched Millennia Scope Entertainment Foundation a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports independent filmmakers of LGBT visual media. Millennia Scope is dedicated to fostering the careers of a community of artists traditionally underserved and underrepresented in mainstream media, who embody diversity, innovation, uniqueness of vision and the next generation of talented filmmakers. Their important fundraising event DIVERSIFYING HOLLYWOOD: 1st Annual Millennia Scope Oscar Gala takes place February 22nd in LA.
For More Info & Gala Tix: msefoundation.org
Hear 300+ LGBT Interviews @OUTTAKE VOICES
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When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Manning stated, “I’m a gay black man. I am 100% committed to it. My mother taught me in the seventies that ‘it doesn’t matter what other people think, it matters what you think of yourself. I love you for who you are.’ So that’s just who I am and of course as a member of the LGBT community I firmly believe we should have the same rights as any other citizen in this country. I am actually proud that we have more states than not who have equal marriage rights and that’s the way it should be. Equality, equality, equality, that’s what this country is suppose to be about anyway.”
Shahid Manning is a graduate of Howard University’s theatre and business schools. A former corporate executive, Manning moved from New York to Southern California to become an active participant in the theatre and film community in Los Angeles. He has worked in a number of capacities within the entertainment industry uniquely promoting LGBT media and film. In 2009 Manning launched Millennia Scope Entertainment Foundation a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports independent filmmakers of LGBT visual media. Millennia Scope is dedicated to fostering the careers of a community of artists traditionally underserved and underrepresented in mainstream media, who embody diversity, innovation, uniqueness of vision and the next generation of talented filmmakers. Their important fundraising event DIVERSIFYING HOLLYWOOD: 1st Annual Millennia Scope Oscar Gala takes place February 22nd in LA.
For More Info & Gala Tix: msefoundation.org
Hear 300+ LGBT Interviews @OUTTAKE VOICES
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