How Black Representatives Are Working Together to Succeed in a Mostly White Hollywood
Angelique Jackson When AM PR Group founder Vanessa Anderson decided to enter publicity in 2007, she tells Variety, “it was really hard to find examples of Black women who were doing the work.” And the trend of not seeing herself reflected in her field has continued throughout her career.“I go to all the major awards-show walk-throughs and there’s so few Black publicists, even at the large agencies that represent most of our A-list Black talent, and only two or three of us actually own our own agency,” says Anderson, who represents Issa Rae and Marsai Martin.“After seeing that 10, 15, 20 times, I realized that being a publicist is about working with talent and getting their stories out, but I also have to be a pipeline.