Chanel Glover: Queer Storytelling, Advocacy and Film

By Cynthia Bemis Abrams | 08/18/2020

This episode of Advanced TV Herstory continues the Reel Women series and spotlights the dynamic Chanel Glover — a filmmaker, teacher, lawyer, and playwright whose work centers queer people of color and real-life storytelling.

Co-hosted by Cynthia Bemis Abrams and Ashley Pacini, the conversation explores Chanel’s career pivot from attorney and educator to screenwriter, and how advocacy informs her creative lens. Chanel discusses the need for systemic change in Hollywood, the inspiration behind her project Sex is a God Thing, and how her identity as a queer Black woman drives the stories she tells.

  • Navigating a creative career after law and teaching
  • How advocacy shows up in screenwriting
  • Building stories around real experiences of marginalized people
  • The Reel Women initiative’s support of women in filmed entertainment
  • Crafting empowering and humorous stories with intention

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