On Saturday, December 5, the Santa Fe Film Festival and BlackShirtReads will co-sponsor a Diversity Panel at Santa Fe, New Mexico’s Evoke Contemporary Gallery – in the Railyard District. Moderated by New Mexico Women-In-Film Former President, Linda McDill, the overall theme of the panel will be “what can filmmakers do to promote cultural understanding and make the world a better place?”

Diversity Panelists are set to include film producer Grace Santos, India-born filmmaker and aerospace electronics engineer Mukul Gadde, Iranian-born actress Saneh Boothe, New Mexico Film Office Outreach Coordinator Belle Allen and Native-American actress Kieran Sequoia.

Specific questions on the Panel’s agenda are:

1. What is the role of movies in bringing cultural progress?

2. What can actors, producers and writers do to bring progress?

3. In our world of religious and political radicalism, can actors and producers make a difference?