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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 | Person: Norman Lear
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 | Person: Bud Yorkin
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, playing a major role in creating the business of syndication 02:55
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Norman Lear
Nina Shaw on Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin's company, Tandem Productions/T.A.T. Communications, playing a major role in creating the business of syndication 02:55
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Bud Yorkin
Nina Shaw on working with attorney Dixon Dern, who had recently taken on client Donald L. Taffner (D.L. Taffner) 01:01
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Donald L. Taffner, Sr.
Nina Shaw on her phone interview with attorney Ernest Del when she applied to work at his firm and on knowing that other firms were not hiring African-American attorneys 03:08
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Ernest Del
Nina Shaw on getting introduced to Robert Guillaume and on him becoming her first big client; on making deals for him 05:29
Interview: Nina Shaw | Person: Robert Guillaume
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