FREE Virtual Industry Power Hours

NO FILM SCHOOL. NO TRUST FUND. NO PROBLEM.

The Power Hour

MONTHLY ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS,  4 PM PST/ 7 PM EST

In response to these crazy times, we want to provide a space for community, inspiration and learning. It started as a one time Happy Hour in March 2020 to share community and hope in isolation weekly. It is now every month with guests from all facets of the industry sharing insight, wisdom and resources.

-Sara Elizabeth

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Wednesday, November 29th, 4 PM PST/ 7 PM EST

Kelly Edwards

TV Executive & Screenwriter

Kelly Edwards has worked for every major studio in Hollywood. After a long career as a film and television executive, she decided to transition from executive to writer.

As the SVP of Talent Development for Warner Media Entertainment, Kelly Edwards oversaw emerging artist programs for HBO, HBOMax, and Turner. Prior to HBO, Edwards served as a corporate diversity executive at Comcast/NBC Universal where she oversaw over 20 divisions.

Edwards' career has spanned both television and film having produced a Hallmark MOW and a network drama series after serving as the SVP of Comedy for UPN. She graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater and MFA in Screenwriting at Emerson College.

She has been a Sundance Episodic Lab fellow and is the President of the non-profit organization she founded, Colour Entertainment. Her book, The Executive Chair: A Writer's Guide to TV Series Development, is an Amazon Best Seller. She currently writes for the Fox drama, OUR KIND OF PEOPLE.

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What Filmmakers are saying...

"Your happy hour guests have given me so much motivation and it’s great to be inspired again" -Victoria G.

"Thanks so much for everything you've done to keep us all engaged and enlightened while our outside world makes us mostly want to run and hide!" -Donna C. 

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Wednesday, March 27th, 4 PM PST/ 7 PM EST

Kym Jackson

Actress & Author of The Hollywood Survival Guide For Actors

Kym Jackson (THIS IS US, S.W.A.T., N.C.I.S., THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS) is an actress credited with 60+ feature films & TV episodes. She is shooting now opposite Daisy Ridley on post-apocalyptic feature WE BURY THE DEAD and just wrapped her first film as producer, OTHER YOU, a sci-fi feature, in which she stars opposite Luke Ford and Arj Barker.

A member of American MENSA, Kym is the author of the Amazon best selling textbook, The Hollywood Survival Guide For Actors, a comprehensive 300+ page guide to navigating the entertainment industry.

Founder of the Secret Actor Society app and website, which boasts over 3000 classes and Q&A’s with 50+ industry experts and casting directors that reveal strategies best used by actors to obtain success in their career, Kym’s mission is to share knowledge with her peers and the next generation of talent.

As a coach and regular speaker for organizations including SAG-AFTRA, MEAA, WIFT, Spotlight, Kym has taught thousands of actors to navigate the business of acting. Her methods incorporate mindset work and techniques to help artists develop and maintain the mental fortitude required to successfully pursue a career acting professionally in the film & TV industry.

Kym is also a SAG-AFTRA convention delegate, who in 2022 co-authored and gained unanimous support from the delegation for her resolution to limit self tape lengths - a key point in the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike negotiations.

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