Video Trust Executive Board member Arlin Golden will moderate a discussion with representatives from Pragda, Project R, and kweliTV.
DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of
kweliTV, a black-owned streaming platform. She’s a former radio host and producer of emPower Hour, a show that examined social justice issues affecting people of color, on Washington, DC’s 89.3 FM WPFW. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Spencer served as Director of Communications for EdMarket (formerly NSSEA) where she ran the communications department and managed all media properties for the organization. Spencer graduated from Jackson State University where she studied communications and journalism. She has written for The Clarion-Ledger, The Oakland Tribune and the Crisis Magazine.
She is a Halcyon Incubator Fellow, a Voqal Fellow and a Google NexGen Policy Leader. Spencer was first place winner of the 2017 Harvard Business School African Business Conference Pitch Competition. A former AmeriCorps*VISTA and Chips Quinn Scholar, she is featured in the book, “How We Fight White Supremacy” as one of the more than 60+ black leading organizers, artists, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc., combating white supremacy through their work. In 2019, the Digital Diversity Network named Spencer the Innovation & Inclusion Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Spencer is also a 2023 prize winner of Black Ambition, a fund founded by Pharrell Williams. DeShuna and her company have been featured in
CNN Business,
Fast Company,
Refinery 29,
TIME,
Emmy Magazine &
more.
Daniela Bajar is the Managing Director at PRAGDA, a leading distributor of Spanish and Latin American films to educational markets worldwide. In this role, she has spearheaded several initiatives, including the development of the company's streaming platform, PRAGDA STREAM.
Before joining PRAGDA, Daniela was the Programming Director at the Nantucket Film Festival, where she led the film selection process and the annual Showtime Tony Cox Screenwriting Competition. Additionally, she has been part of the programming teams for the Hamptons International Film Festival and the New York Latino Film Festival. Daniela has also curated special film series, such as
Fuego: The Films of Isabel "Coca" Sarli at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and served as a film consultant and juror for the Student Academy Awards and various other film festivals.
With an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University and a B.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Film in Argentina, Daniela has written and produced several Argentine television shows and penned the film
The World Against Me before relocating to the U.S. She has also been a Professor of Screenwriting and Creative Writing at the University of Palermo, as well as a script consultant for production companies, screenplay competitions, and writing labs.
