![]() ![]() This is part one of an edited excerpt from the conversation. Brown has my respect … and I think you heard what I wrote, the way that I felt when I typed it. I won’t use the word hero here, we are “folks” after all and that word is rather stiff. ![]() Brown was to every Black and Brown person who knows that they deserve a shot, but are repeatedly denied access. It was there, in 2015, watching her go toe-to-toe with these White men that helped me understand just how important Effie T. “DEAR WHITE PEOPLE” won the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in the Fall of the same year.īrown really came into the mainstream when she joined Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in a reboot of HBO’s “Project Greenlight” (2015) where she made her stance on diversity and inclusion in the film industry, in every department, her “war cry.” Brown’s film “ROCKET SCIENCE,” won the Sundance 2007 Grand Jury Prize for Directing and was also nominated for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress by the Independent Spirit Awards. Working in association with Sony Screen Gems and Pathe International, she also executive produced, “IN THE CUT” directed by Jane Campion. Brown (Courtesy photo)Īwards followed starting with “REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES” which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize for Ensemble. Her career began as the Director of Development at Tim Burton Productions.įrom there Brown “put in the good work” producing several feature films at various production levels, and then Effie founded Duly Noted, Inc., and under that banner, she produced “STRANGER INSIDE,” “REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES” and “EVERYDAY PEOPLE.” Effie T. She earned a degree in Film Production and Theater from Loyola Marymount University before going on to participate in Film Independent’s Project Involve, an intensive fellowship for people seeking a career in the film industry. Brown, I turn to her website to fill in the () early details like, she’s Los Angeles-based. In my search to learn more details about Effie T. ![]() Gotta love this new world of instant access where a Google search is as automatic as, say, waking up and brushing your teeth. ![]()
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