Lovinder Gill moderates this conversation as part of the Big Apple Film Festival Producers Conference, featuring Reinaldo Marcus Green and Kent Sanderson.

REINALDO MARCUS GREEN has been honored with the Breakout Director Award from the African-American Film Critics Association for his work on King Richard, starring Will Smith, which earned 6 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; he has also been nominated for his direction from the Black Reel Awards and the Image Awards, and the film received audience awards from the Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Heartland Film Festivals. He previously directed "Joe Bell" starring Mark Wahlberg, as well as all 6 episodes of the HBO limited series WE OWN THIS CITY, written by George Pelecanos and David Simon. His first feature film, Monsters and Men, was awarded Outstanding First Feature at Sundance. He is currently in prep on Paramount's Bob Marley biopic.

Kent Sanderson is the Head of Acquisitions and Ancillary Distribution at Bleecker Street Films.