Why are black women three to four times more likely to die after giving birth than white women? Panelists included Amy Holden Jones, co-creator and showrunner for Fox’s “The Resident”; Dr. Karen A. Scott, assistant adjunct professor at UC San Francisco, and project director of the California Birth Equity…
Ploughshares Fund and Hollywood, Health & Society co-sponsored a discussion on building a world free from the threat of nuclear weapons that brought together activists, experts, policy-makers and top names in entertainment, including actor/producer Michael Douglas. The multi-award-winning Douglas, a UN Messenger for Peace and a board member of the Nuclear…
Since the dawn of television, there have been over 400 plotlines about abortion, but this common medical procedure is often overdramatized and inaccurately depicted on TV.
Writers Guild of America East President Beau Willimon describes why working with Hollywood, Health & Society and its bevy of experts benefits the WGA, professional writers and society at large.
Held at the WGAE in New York on April 12, 2018, Hollywood, Health & Society gathered guest speakers Dr. Willie Parker, author of “Life’s Work: A Moral Argument for Choice”; Kathleen Bedoya, executive producer of “East Los High” (Hulu); Gretchen Sisson, research sociologist, UC San Francisco; Amy Everitt, state director,…
Eleven honorees were recognized for outstanding TV storylines at the 2017 Sentinel Awards, a red-carpet event that drew celebrities such as “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star Kelly McCreary (pictured), writers, producers and other special guests. Even Katie Couric got in on the act.
At our panel at the WGAE in New York, “Friday the 13th: Rewriting the Nuclear Horror Story,” Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey explains why news coverage of North Korea comes up short.
A panel of nuclear experts calls on screenwriter Mark Bomback to help understand Hollywood’s hero obsession. Panelists from “Friday the 13th: Rewriting the Nuclear Horror Story” include Joe Cirincione, Theresa Hitchens, Jeffrey Lewis and Alex Wellerstein. The panel was moderated by Marty Kaplan.
