{"id":2608,"date":"2024-08-30T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2024-08-30T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:00:50","slug":"pioneers-on-screen-by-dejah-ajayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/pioneers-on-screen-by-dejah-ajayi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneers On Screen by Dejah Ajayi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youth Brillance - Pioneers On Screen by Dejah Ajayi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WWmmyTh2f8g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The film industry is already hard for individuals to get into and continue to be successful in this industry, especially black people. The importance of solidarity and unity is significant to many different people and how it helps encourage others to want to contribute to this type of business in the future. Who creates solidarity and how do they do it amongst black artists and entertainers in this industry? Dejah Ajayi navigates this through her conversations with Professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aFnr_MFeldU\">Meet Journalist Dejah Ajayi<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2628\" style=\"width:243px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-376x564.jpg 376w, https:\/\/mildsauce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_9941-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aFnr_MFeldU\">Mildsauce Journalist Dejah Ajayi<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"small\">The film industry is already hard for individuals to get into and continue to be successful in this industry, especially &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[517],"tags":[78,518,46,509,510,511,512],"class_list":{"0":"post-2608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-solidarity-issue","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-black-entertainment-industry","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-community-art","12":"tag-film-industry","13":"tag-journalism","14":"tag-solidarity"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pioneers On Screen by Dejah Ajayi - Mildsauce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The film industry is already hard for individuals to get into and continue to be successful in this industry, especially black people. 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