How the animation industry can impact youth in Guyana with the Guyana Animation Network

Join the Table Talk Think Tank Community<br /><a href="https://linktr.ee/tabletalktoday" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/tabletalktoday</a><br /><br />Become an Official Table Talk Patron <br /><a href="https://www.patreon.com/tabletalktoday" rel="noopener">https://www.patreon.com/tabletalktoday</a><br /><br />Host:<br />Martin Massiah | Business Development Consultant <br /><br />Guests: <br /><br />Jubilanté Cutting:<br /><br />Jubilanté Cutting is an Attorney-at-Law and graduate from the University of Guyana and the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. <br />Jubilanté is also the founder and CEO of the Guyana Animation Network (GAN) Inc. and GAN Studios where she pioneers, facilitates and manages skills-training opportunities in Guyana and the Caribbean. She consults and collaborated with experts, professionals and stakeholders within the international animation and digital media spaces to execute commercial and community projects.<br /><br />𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿:<br /><br />Dara Harper was born in Detroit and developed a passion for storytelling at an early age. She is a novelist, Off Broadway playwright, journalist, artist and award-winning filmmaker for "Passing", "Sweeter Without Sugar" and won the Best African American Filmmaker Award (Brooklyn Film Festival) for her animated short, “la Revolution.” She has also worked on projects for Disney, MTV and Nickelodeon. Dara has authored several novels and directed and wrote the CG-animated feature film, “The Sky Princess” (available on Vudu and Amazon Prime). One of her scripts was recently selected as a top 30 semi-finalist from over 700 entries in BET’s Project CRE8 TV competition. A product of the Detroit High School for Fine and Performing Arts and International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago, Dara was accepted into the Harlem Writer’s Guild whose past members include Maya Angelou and Terry McMillian.<br /><br />𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹: <br /><br />Richard Pursel is best known for animation comedy writing. With his start on THE REN & STI