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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
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin pioneering the idea of taking existing formats in other countries, recreating them for American audiences, and navigating the corresponding new legal territory 02:07
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: Sanford and Son
Nina Shaw on negotiating talent deals for minors in the 1970s and '80s (on The Facts of Life) 00:22
Interview: Nina Shaw | Show: Facts of Life, The
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 | Show: American Playhouse
Nina Shaw on how excited she and other family members would be during her childhood when a Black person would be on television -- memories of seeing Leslie Uggams on Sing Along with Mitch and of Cicely Tyson on East Side/West Side 01:06
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Nina Shaw on how excited she and other family members would be during her childhood when a Black person would be on television -- memories of seeing Leslie Uggams on Sing Along with Mitch and of Cicely Tyson on East Side/West Side 01:06
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Representation on Television
Nina Shaw on how excited she and other family members would be during her childhood when a Black person would be on television -- memories of seeing Leslie Uggams on Sing Along with Mitch and of Cicely Tyson on East Side/West Side 01:06
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin bringing more Black characters to television and on the number of women who worked for Tandem 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin bringing more Black characters to television and on the number of women who worked for Tandem 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Representation on Television
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin bringing more Black characters to television and on the number of women who worked for Tandem 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Topic: Underrepresented Voices