360: Monique Walton: Inspiring The World Through The Silverscreen

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David Ralph of Join Up Dots

Business, Education

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Todays guest was born and raised in Long Island, New York, and became a graduate of Yale University in 2004 where she gained a B.A, with distinction in Latin American Studies. And according to her profile she then began working straight afterwards as an intern for Chimpanzee Productions, where she assisted in the making of the feature-length documentary "The Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela." Later after working for Viacom for four years producing educational on-air and web videos for Nickelodeon, she moved on to film school and went after additional education in the area that she had been working. She decided that she needed more tuition in film production, when so many people would be saying that's job done...time to be and adult and earn the bucks, this time she studied M.F.A, Film & Media Production. And this time it seems to have been the lost block to the career that she truly wanted, and could see clearly in front of her. Both sets of knowledge gained at Yale and Texas came together, and she has since directed and produced numerous short documentary and narrative films focusing on racial identity and belonging. Her documentary film, Still Black, At Yale, screened at over twenty international film festivals and educational conferences including the Pan African Film Festival and the San Francisco Black Film Festival Whilst even Forbes recognized her innovative film-based wellness efforts calling her work the “Smartest, Sexiest Workout Videos Ever.” And believe me I have watched them, and had to have a cold shower afterwards. So how did she find the thing that she truly wanted in her life, luck, hard work, or a bit of both? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Monique Walton

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0:00.0	Today's mastery
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0:06.7	podcast like a pro. Check us out now at podcasters mastery.com.
0:12.1	When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be,
0:17.0	but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling.
0:21.0	Join up dots features amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.
0:27.0	This is your blueprint for greatness.
0:30.0	So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.
0:38.0	Yes, hello there everybody and welcome to join up dots with David Ralph.
0:42.4	This is episode 360 coming from the United Kingdom and as
0:46.8	normal we do this a lot we're going across the pond and we are speaking to a lady in America. Yes, today's guest was born and raised in America
0:56.6	Actually, Long Island, New York and became a graduate of Yale University in 2004 where she gained a BA with distinction in Latin American Studies and
1:06.2	according to her profile she then began working straight afterwards as an intern for chimpanzee
1:10.8	productions where she assisted in the making of the feature
1:13.6	them documentary The Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela. Now later after
1:18.4	working for Viacom for four years, producing educational on-air and web videos for Nickelodeon, she moved on to film
1:24.9	school and went after additional education in the area that she had been working.
1:29.0	She decided that she needed more tuition in film production when so many people
1:32.2	would be saying that's job done,
1:34.2	time to be an adult and earn the bucks, and this time she studied MFA film and media production.
1:40.8	And it seems to me that this was the lost block to her career that she truly wanted and now she could clearly see her path in front of her.
1:48.0	Both sets of knowledge gained at Yao and Texas came together and she's since directed and produced numerous short
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