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Sista Brunch
Whether you’re a seasoned professional in the film industry, an aspiring filmmaker, or a media enthusiast, Sista Brunch offers a rare glimpse into the professional lives of those who shape contemporary entertainment. It's an essential resource for understanding the role of an inclusive lens in crafting stories that resonate across audiences. Tune into Sista Brunch to hear the powerful voices of those leading the way in Hollywood and beyond. Learn from their experiences, get inspired by their…
Episodes
Sista BrunchJournalist/Critic/Author Tre’vell Anderson - Claiming Space
Tre'vell Anderson is an award-winning journalist, social curator, podcast host and author. Their insightful contribution to the conversation around culture…
Sista BrunchAnimation Studio Founder Taylor K. Shaw: Creating a Space For Black Women Animators
Taylor K. Shaw, CEO and Founder of Black Women Animate, created the company in 2017 after noticing the lack of opportunities for Black women in animation. The…
Sista BrunchLit Agent LGBTQ Advocate Davina Hefflin: Uplifting Diverse Voices
Davina Hefflin, TV literary manager at Verve Agency, focuses her career on identifying and empowering a diverse range of voices —including those of the LGBTQ+…
Sista BrunchSAG Indie Founder Darrien Michele Gipson: Advocating for Independent Filmmakers
Darrien Michele Gipson is the Executive Director of SAGindie, an educational organization for independent filmmakers. Since becoming SAGindie’s Executive…
Sista BrunchScreenwriter Rae Benjamin: Demystifying the Entertainment Industry
Rae Benjamin is a staff writer on season 3 of THE WITCHER (Netflix). She is the co-creator of the animated web series, JULISA WHO? , currently in development…
Sista BrunchThe Executive Chair Author Kelly Edwards: Changing Course
After seven years as a Senior Vice President at HBO, Kelly Edwards recently transitioned into a two-year first-look television writing deal at HBO where she…
Sista BrunchActor/Activist Diana Elizabeth Jordan: Create Your Own Opportunities
Diana Elizabeth Jordan is an award-winning actor, solo artist, theatre- and filmmaker, artist educator, and disability influencer. She has been cast in over 60…
Sista BrunchSet Photographer Anne Marie Fox: Capturing Hollywood
Anne Marie Fox is a prolific and versatile photographer specializing in portraiture, film & television unit stills. She built her portfolio shooting images for…
Sista BrunchUPM/Producer Heidi McGowen: Know Your Worth
Heidi McGowen has worked as a production manager or unit production manager on shows like INSECURE, BLACK-ISH, SILICON VALLEY, and BODY OF PROOF. She has also…
Sista BrunchWOCU Founder Cheryl Bedford: Holding Hollywood’s Feet to the Fire
Cheryl Bedford is a NAACP Image Award Nominee for “Dark Girls” and Baltimore native who holds a BFA from NYU’s TSOA and MFA in Producing from AFI. As a…
Sista BrunchCinematographer Michelle Crenshaw: Letting the Work Speak for Itself
Michelle Crenshaw is a cinematographer, camera operator and director of photography with more than 30 years of experience in the industry and over 60 IMDB…
Sista BrunchAssistant to the Showrunner Kamari Somers: Turning Preparation Into Opportunity
Over the past five years, Kamari Somers has been working her way up in the film industry in Pittsburgh and around the US. She got her start as a staff…
Sista BrunchActor Alex Newell: There’s Only One of You
Alex Newell is known for their role as Unique Adams on the Fox musical series Glee and Mo on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (for which they earned a Critics…
Sista BrunchBest of Sista Brunch - Part 2
Sista Brunch takes a look back at some of the show's most memorable interviews of 2021. Actress, model and disability rights activist Tatiana Lee talks to…
Sista BrunchBest of Sista Brunch, Part 1
We’re taking a look back at some of Sista Brunch’s most memorable interviews over the past two seasons. In this episode, we revisit our conversation with…
Sista BrunchPropmaster Reese St. Amant: Reinventing Yourself with Joy
On our final episode of the season, propmaster Reese St. Amant shares her experience in one of the most unsung professions in the entertainment industry: the…
Sista BrunchDirector Winter Dunn: Figuring it Out as You Go Along
"Trust yourself, even if that means not really know what's next. Because what's next is coming." Today, our hosts Anya and Fanshen speak with…
Sista BrunchGlobal DEI at Amazon Latasha Gillespie and Bad Robot’s Miki Woodard: Taking Risks, Playing to Win
In our last episode of the series with TIME'S UP Foundation, Amazon Studios Global Head of Diversity Latasha Gillespie and Head of Good Robot at Bad Robot Miki…
Sista BrunchEditor Dominique Ulloa: Moving Up by Helping Out
"When I started helping other people, my career took off like a skyrocket." Documentary Editor Dominique Ulloa worked her way up the chain from from being…
Sista BrunchHairstylist Camille Friend: Black Hair Is Always in Style
"When I design a movie, I think about -- how is this going to stand the test of time?" Camille Friend, known as the hair guru, has been a hair department head…
Sista BrunchData Analyst & Producer Stephanie Odiase & Kady Kamakaté: Caring for Black Women
In the fourth installment of our series with TIME'S UP, Senior Manager of Research and Partnerships Stephanie Odiase and producer Kady Kamakaté talk with…
Sista BrunchPR Expert & Director Christena Pyle & Winter Dunn: Black Women Represent
In episode three of our collaboration with TIME'S UP, we ask: how can Black women+ representation in advertising and film/TV effect change? Advertising Chief…
Sista BrunchDevelopment Executive Susan Lewis: Leading With Your Heart
"I just kind of go where I can tell stories." - Susan Lewis Susan Lewis started off as an unpaid PA on an indie movie, worked her way up to assisting at an…
Sista BrunchDirector Hanelle Culpepper: On Directing With Excellence
Hanelle Culpepper is an award-winning writer/director whose projects span film and episodic television. She was chosen to direct the pilot for Star Trek…
Sista BrunchDisability Rights Activist Tatiana Lee: Disability, Visibility, and Diversity
Tatiana Lee is an award-winning actress, disability activist, and model who has appeared in campaigns for Target, Zappos, Apple and more. She's also the…
Sista BrunchTIME’S UP X SISTA BRUNCH Limited Series - La Faye Baker and Shawn Pipkin: Protecting Women Behind the Scenes
News about actresses fighting the Hollywood power imbalance have dominated the headlines for years, but how are women behind the camera protected? In part 2 of…
Sista BrunchIntimacy Coordinator Ann James: Making Intimacy Intersectional
Ann James is an intimacy choreographer, director, producer, and educator whose organization, Intimacy Coordinators of Color, promotes "decolonized intimacy…
Sista BrunchTIME’S UP x SISTA BRUNCH Limited series - Monifa Bandele: Changing the Conversation
Sista Brunch has partnered up with the TIME’S UP Foundation for a special, 5-part series focusing on safety, equity, and power in Hollywood. We'll talk to…
Sista BrunchUPM/Director Shawn Pipkin: ”It’s okay to not know everything.”
We're back with a new season of truth-telling and celebrating with hosts Fanshen Cox and Anya Adams! First up with our hosts is an original "Sista Brunch-er,"…
Sista BrunchTV, Film Professor/Producer Redelia Shaw: ”Always be of service.”
Redelia Shaw is a producer and educator; she leads the Media Production program at Santa Monica College, where we taped many of our episodes for this season…
Sista BrunchFelischa Marye: “Just ’cause you go out on your dream, doesn’t mean it’s a straight shot to the top!”
Felischa Marye is a TV writer. She’s also the creator and co-executive producer of “Bigger,” the hit comedy series on BET+ comedy series which recently got…
Sista BrunchScreenwriter/Producer Felicia Pride: “I had to realize that I have a gift.”
Felicia Pride creates content in all kinds of ways. She was a writer on Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar and is developing the erotic romance feature film Deeper…
Sista BrunchExecutive/Activist Elon Washington: ”We Deserve Joy.”
Our conversation with Elon Washington will give you LIFE. We talked to Elon in late 2019, and this conversation feels just as relevant today. We talk about the…
Sista BrunchDirector/Producer Bola Ogun: ” I had to make a declaration that I was going to be a filmmaker.”
Bola Ogun is a first-generation Nigerian-American writer, director, and producer who made her directorial television debut last year on Ava Duvernay’s Queen…
Sista Brunch1st AC Jenise Whitehead, ”I’m unapologetic about who I am.”
Jenise Whitehead is a digital utility and film loader. If you don’t know what that is, you’ll find out all about it on this episode. She learned her trade…
Sista BrunchProducer Kady Kamakaté ”Got Emotional Intelligence?”
If you’re early in your career, how can you keep working in an industry when your paychecks are small -- or aren’t coming regularly? How do you navigate on-set…
Sista BrunchTalent Development Executive Kelly Edwards - ”Networking is everything!”
Kelly Edwards is the SVP of Talent Development for WarnerMedia Entertainment—which includes HBO, Turner, and Warner Brothers. Before this, she was a key…
Sista BrunchScreenwriter Malarie Howard ”Always trust your voice, even if other people don’t get it.”
Malarie Howard is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and musician who grew up as the only Black girl in various WASPY communities, listening to Christian screamo…
Sista BrunchEpisode One: Welcome to Sista Brunch!
Want to know how to break into Hollywood? Anya Adams the NAACP Image award-winning director and Fanshen Cox, the co-author of the Hollywood Inclusion rider are…