Pure Flix & National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference Aim to Increase Hispanic Presence in Christian Movie Industry
Pure Flix & National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference Aim to Increase Hispanic Presence in Christian Movie Industry
Due much in part to recent Academy Award nominations, diversity within the Hollywood community has been a very present topic in national dialogue. Although Latinos purchase 25 percent of all movie tickets sold, recent studies show that Latino community is one of the least represented population segments in speaking roles in film and television; in 2015, there was only one Latino-centric film released by a major studio.
To help combat the lack of diversity in the film industry, the No. 1 Christian production studio in the world, Pure Flix, is joining forces with the world ' s largest Hispanic Christian organization, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference( NHCLC)/ CONEL, to increase the presence of Hispanic themes, actors, directors and stories in the Christian movie industry.
Leaders from Pure Flix and NHCLC who will host the Facebook Live event include:
• Steve Fedyski, the chief operating officer for Pure Flix Entertainment.
• Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, a prominent author, pastor and president of NHCLC / CONEL who has been deemed as one of America ' s leading Christian and Latino voices and as the leader of the Latino Evangelical movement by many national media outlets.
• Franklin Santagate, vice president of global strategic alliances for Pure Flix Entertainment.
Pure Flix is a Christian movie studio that produces, distributes and acquires Christ-centered movies with a vision to influence the global culture for Christ through media, and a mission to be the world leader in producing and distributing faith and family media. For additional information, visit http:// pureflixstudio. com / aboutus /.
NHCLC / CONEL serves as a representative voice for the more than 100 million Hispanic Evangelicals assembled in over 40,000 U. S. churches and hundreds of thousands of additional congregations spread
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