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Nina Shaw on a comment by Sidney Poitier on just wanting to be an actor some days, but having to be both an actor and a civil rights advocate 00:33
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Sidney Poitier
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin creating the idea of spin-off shows and navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on her interest in entertainment law and why she chose to work at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles; on there being few African-American lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers when she joined; on working in the entertainment department of O'Melveny & Myers with another African-American lawyer and getting used to there not being many African-American lawyers at that time 05:48
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on her interest in entertainment law and why she chose to work at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles; on there being few African-American lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers when she joined; on working in the entertainment department of O'Melveny & Myers with another African-American lawyer and getting used to there not being many African-American lawyers at that time 05:48
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Attorney
Nina Shaw on negotiating talent deals in the 1970s and '80s and how race and gender affected salaries; on negotiating deals for minors 01:26
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on starting a firm with Ernie Del and Mike Rubel and on others who wanted to work at the firm; on the firm being a diverse group 02:06
Interview: Nina Shaw | Profession: Representatives
Nina Shaw on her three times great-grandfather being enslaved, becoming a day laborer, learning to read, going to college, receiving an honorary Ph.D., and becoming an esteemed minister and starting a savings and loan 03:02
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on the benefits of single-sex education for women and on opportunities for women when she was growing up 02:32
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on her interest in entertainment law and why she chose to work at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles; on there being few African-American lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers when she joined 03:25
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on working in the entertainment department of O'Melveny & Myers with another African-American lawyer and getting used to there not being many African-American lawyers at that time 01:59
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on working on contracts and syndication deals during her early years at O'Melveny & Myers 03:26
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on negotiating talent deals in the 1970s and '80s and how race and gender affected salaries 01:03
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on negotiating talent deals for minors in the 1970s and '80s (on The Facts of Life) 00:22
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on joining Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum and on many firms not hiring women at that time 01:52
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on a seminal deal at Dern, Mason, Swerdlow & Floum that became the basis for the film Stand and Deliver, and before that, for an episode of American Playhouse 01:50
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on starting a firm with Ernie Del and Mike Rubel and on others who wanted to work at the firm; on the firm being a diverse group 02:06
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on her interest in her work; on not getting to just be a lawyer, but having to deal with issues of diversity and inclusion before she could do the work that she loves 01:23
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on the goals of her new firm with Ernie Del and Mike Rubel (both white men) -- to be a diverse and inclusive firm 01:32
Interview: Nina Shaw
Nina Shaw on watching Leslie Uggams on Sing Along with Mitch 00:14
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: Sing Along with Mitch
Nina Shaw on what it meant to see Cicely Tyson on East Side/West Side 00:23
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: East Side/West Side
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin creating the idea of spin-off shows and on navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: All in the Family
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin creating the idea of spin-off shows and on navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: Jeffersons, The