Migdia chinea
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Migdia Chinea-Varela is a Cuban-American screenwriter
. She was a writer for the TV series The Incredible Hulk
, The Facts of Life
, Punky Brewster
, and Superboy
.
In 1988 Chinea wrote an essay in Newsweek's
"My Turn" column describing her experiences with minority quotas. Later she filed a 138.6 million dollar class-action discrimination lawsuit against the WGAw and CBS
in response to their implementation of a training program for minority writers that gave these trainees half pay. According to Chinea's attorney Scott Myer, the problem was that "the only people who went through it weren't trainees, they were people who were experienced writers."
In 2007, Chinea worked as a substitute teacher at several schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District
. She recounted her negative experiences in an article for WorldNet Daily.
As of 2011 Chinea is studying film as a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles
. She wrote and directed the short film Anonymous (Street Meat) as part of an experimental film course. The four minute film, which is based on her experiences with faulty mortgage foreclosure notices, was accepted to screen at the Cannes Short Film festival and Chinea hopes to be able to film a full length version.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. She was a writer for the TV series The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV series)
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The pilot episodes were a pair of TV movies on the CBS network beginning on November 4, 1977; the series soon followed, airing from March 10, 1978 to...
, The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life may refer to:* The Facts of Life * The Facts of Life , by Black Box Recorder* The Facts of Life * The Facts of Life , by C. D...
, Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster was an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent...
, and Superboy
Superboy (TV series)
Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication...
.
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
"My Turn" column describing her experiences with minority quotas. Later she filed a 138.6 million dollar class-action discrimination lawsuit against the WGAw and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
in response to their implementation of a training program for minority writers that gave these trainees half pay. According to Chinea's attorney Scott Myer, the problem was that "the only people who went through it weren't trainees, they were people who were experienced writers."
In 2007, Chinea worked as a substitute teacher at several schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population...
. She recounted her negative experiences in an article for WorldNet Daily.
As of 2011 Chinea is studying film as a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. She wrote and directed the short film Anonymous (Street Meat) as part of an experimental film course. The four minute film, which is based on her experiences with faulty mortgage foreclosure notices, was accepted to screen at the Cannes Short Film festival and Chinea hopes to be able to film a full length version.