{"id":13639,"date":"2023-05-30T08:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/?page_id=13639"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:26:21","slug":"malakhi-simmons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iatse.net\/2023-member-census\/malakhi-simmons\/","title":{"rendered":"Malakhi Simmons\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13639\" class=\"elementor elementor-13639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8150c4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8150c4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb936b8\" data-id=\"cb936b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc4661e elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-726 elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc4661e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malakhi Simmons\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-700c2e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"700c2e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13664\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/iatse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Malakhi-headshot.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e902d65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e902d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Malakhi Simmons was introduced to the world of creation by his parents, both of whom were artists, and their mentor, Director\/Historian Carlton Moss (<em>The Negro Soldier<\/em>). Moss treated Malakhi as if he was another one of his film students, and early on instilled the importance of having diverse representation both in front of and behind the camera.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In 1999, Malakhi became a member of IATSE Local 728, and soon after, had the opportunity to work under John A. Alonzo, A.S.C. (<em>Chinatown, Scarface<\/em>). Alanzo, like Moss, took Malakhi under his wing, and pushed him to not only explore his role as an artist, but also his responsibility as a person of color in the film industry.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, Malakhi is the Vice President of IATSE Local 728 and serves on the International\u2019s DEI Committee. Malakhi also serves as Vice President of the Southern California chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist (CBTU) and sits on the Industry Advisory Panel for Hollywood CPR. 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