PCAH Meets with Industry Leaders at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Chairman
Adair Margo opened the Symposium on Film, Television and Digital Media, saying “popular culture can help bring us together—here and across the globe.”

As part of its two-day symposium on Film, Television, Digital Media and Popular Culture, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) met with leaders of the Los Angeles creative community at a dinner reception hosted by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The reception took place at Sony studios in historic Culver City, where classics such as Gone with the Wind and Citizen Kane, as well as modern blockbusters including Armageddon have been filmed.

Top Left: Ben Donnenberg, artistic director of the LA Shakespeare Festival, Margie Reese, General Manager of LA Cultural Affairs Department, Janice Pober, senior Vice-President for Corporate Affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Culver City mayor Gary Silbiger, as well as Sony senior vice-president Janice Pober and PCAH Chairman Adair Margo, spoke at the reception, which brought together Committee members – including Culver-based choreographer and actress Debbie Allen and Hollywood producer, director, and writer Lionel Chetwynd – with industry leaders, city and arts organization representatives, and members of the creative community. This informal setting allowed Committee members to explore further the ideas and opportunities shared at the Symposium..

Committee member and Hollywood producer Lionel Chetwynd (left) with Marc Pachter, head of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery