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Introducing Shadow and Act's #BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak series featuring 33 women film visionaries buff.ly/2maNQpn

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Cathleen Campbell, an NYC filmmaker who refuses to let Harriet Tubman down buff.ly/2m9UxrS

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet LA-based Martine Jean, who comes from a family of frustrated artists who prioritized family as immigrants buff.ly/2L1XUiP

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet LA-based #NumaPerrier, lover of stripped down, raw cinema - Like her bizarre, sexual, coming-of-age feature buff.ly/2mgwmba

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-based #SadeAdeniran: "I Have A responsibility to tell my truth as a British Nigerian" bit.ly/2uDJw66

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet #NYC-based #LydiaDarly, born and raised in Paris, originally from Guadeloupe, with a career that started in #Italy buff.ly/2Lq3qJ3

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-based #SheilaNortley: "Success is spiritual; A purification of the soul; It’s love; It’s truth" buff.ly/2uydc5h

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet NYC-based Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, a clinical psychologist and first-time documentary filmmaker buff.ly/2L6tNHC

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet South African writer-director #ZamoMkhwanazi: "Story is king. A visual feast will make it memorable." buff.ly/2Ld2Im6

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet LA-based "Lone Wolf" Tanya Wright: "An artist’s job is to educate and inspire, cajole and interrogate." shadowandact.com/blackwomenfilm…

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet #GrosIslet, Saint Lucia-based #DavinaLee: "What does success look like for me? @Ava DuVernay of the Caribbean" buff.ly/2NGZtAd

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Dallas-based #SeckeitaLewis: "With a marketing and engineering background, my path to filmmaking has been unconventional" buff.ly/2A6sJhU

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Edinburgh, Scotland-based #VictoriaThomas: "My challenge is being able to reach black audiences outside the USA" buff.ly/2LQFa2U

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet NYC-based #IquoBEssien: "As a Black African female, I will always be in the position of convincing someone who doesn’t look like me to support my film" buff.ly/2LD8InT

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Miami, FL-Based April Dobbins: "I push through because I think about how many doors I'm opening for other women like me." buff.ly/2Ovt9BQ

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Toronto-based Aundreya Thompson: "We are all in this together. Different stages, but still together." buff.ly/2O0Kwcm

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet LA-based #DaphneGabriel: "I feel the responsibility of contributing to the culture because stories make us more empathetic" buff.ly/2AxBvFS

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet DC-based #CharneiceFox: "My goal is to leave a legacy for my children. Figuring out how to balance work, craft & living can be difficult" buff.ly/2LMXbTE

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-based Clare Anyiam-Osigwe: "I'm constantly discouraged by negative people, but I use this as fuel to keep on succeeding" buff.ly/2ONxG2E

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-based #DionneWalker: "I’m a political and social being, so the need to represent for the culture is automatic" buff.ly/2OSdNrh

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Los Angeles-based #NiaSymone: "I simply hope to add my name to the movement." buff.ly/2Mrus3f

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Lagos, Nigeria-based #EmaEdosio, who aims to be one of Africa's best filmmakers buff.ly/2KFyEdT

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Atlanta-based Tomeka M. Winborne, who is passionate about creating opportunities for others buff.ly/2KGpdL6

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet LA-based #ThembiBanks who wants to make commercially-viable indie films buff.ly/2MB6NgI

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-based Tai Grace, an American in the UK, pursuing a creative career buff.ly/2MdjpP8

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Atlanta-based #BettinaHorton, who wants her films to positively affect lives buff.ly/2w5OCZv

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet Dallas-based Tasha Edinbyrd, who hopes her film will educate and create awareness buff.ly/2PadJ62

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet London-Based Silvano Griffith-Francis, a playwright and actress venturing into film buff.ly/2BqbrNE