109: The State of the Union with Nawal Bengholam (Part One) — Craft, Business Acumen, and Mindset

In Part One of this State of the Union, Amanda Lenker Doyle, CSA, is joined by Nawal Bengholam to discuss the recent divide caused by self tapes within the entertainment industry. Amanda first discovered Nawal on social media, where Nawal's initial thoughts on the controversy made Amanda want to sit down with her and discuss the situation in full. The two have an open, honest, heart-to-heart about the industry and self tapes. In Part One of this Two-Part episode,

— Understanding One Another In This Industry

— Casting Director Workshops

— Casting Director and Actor Relationships

— Actors Being Taken Advantage Of

— Art in a Capitalist Society

— Standing Out in the Crowd

— Craft, Business Acumen, and Mindset

— The Art of Casting

Episode Resources:

• Nawal's Instagram
• Nawal's IMDb
• The Clyde Bernardy Acting Studio
• The Clyde Bernardy Acting Studio Instagram
• Remembering Kobe: Former Lakers teammates on his greatness By Broderick Turner in The Los Angeles Times

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