“Thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me…..to those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you put gas on it.” — Coco Gauff with the gospel for alllll Black women!
Stunning news! Was home last weekend to celebrate my dad’s 90th and was @BroadStMarket twice, noting the wonderful sense of community and warmth therein.
(SO proud of my young student Tess Riley breaking this story - please share her first published piece - a fun & inspiring story out of NOLA) @nyu_ajo@nyu_journalism#NewOrleans
Sewage and Water Boy: The Unlikely Vigilante of New Orleans https://t.co/XtgZHJCZLU via @untappedny
"I was born black and a female....One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world.” Lorraine Hansberry, March 1959
Wish I could be there for this awesome lineup in NYC incl @mobrowne @imaniperry but I'm gonna stay in CT to see Christina Anderson's "the ripple, the wave that carried me home" @yalerep tomorrow!
Day Four: Don't miss this #PENWorldVoices closing night event! One night only: @mobrowne + @surlybassey + @racheleliza_g + @KieseLaymon + @imaniperry + @pswordwoman + @nativemindstate, & Elizabeth Nunez = a Saturday night for the books (literally). https://t.co/HugKXt1sjy
Congratulations to last night's amazing Lucille Lortel Award winners, including A RAISIN IN THE SUN directed by Robert O’Hara, which was awarded Best Revival of a Play & Kameron Neal for Best Projection Design in Ryan J. Haddad's DARK DISABLED STORIES! 🤩 🎉
📸 by Joan Marcus
one year ago netflix fired dozens of (majority poc and lgbtq) writers after recruiting us from digital media with the promise of job stability and career growth. today, we’re picketing netflix with hundreds of striking writers fighting for exactly that. JOIN US!! #WGAStrong
@amy2pt0@MariaGiese@melsil It is not a question of finding. Anyone can raise money to make any film. Today there is a lot of talk that filmmakers should examine whether they are the best person to make whatever film under consideration.
📣 Announcing The Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant
Women + non-binary filmmakers who have directed at least 2 docs and are in the R&D stage of their next feature-length film can apply to receive $10-20k + join the AlumNest
Supported by @netflix@WeAreNetflix
When I was in college, I came home and cracked my little sister up w/ this from an MIT friend: "My name is Three Point One Four, but you can call me Pi." Happy Pi Day!!