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A Powerful Community of BIPOC Women and Nonbinary Professionals Transforming the Documentary Industry
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) works to disrupt inequity in the film industry by nurturing, amplifying, and investing in the creative capacity and professional success of our members.
Impact Strategist
Spotlighting the impact specialists that help social justice documentaries reach wider audiences and inspire action.
Nyasha Laing
Nyasha Laing is a founding partner of Red Owl, an impact and engagement agency.
Prerana Thakurdesai
Prerana produced the impact-driven documentaries, The Last Ecstatic Days,Yatra and Satyamev Jayate.
Marga Varea
Marga is an Emmy-nominated impact producer and founder of Twin Seas Media, a creative distribution boutique agency.
Michelle Plascencia
Michelle is the co-coordinator at GIPA and co-founder of Impacta Cine, the first film and social impact collective in Mexico.
Toni Bell
Toni is founder of Sassy Cat Impact Films and previously worked for Represent Justice, Odyssey Impact, Looky Looky Pictures, The American Dream & Other Fairy Tales, and others.
Gwendolyn Alston
Gwendolyn is co-founder & president at MocaMedia, an impact campaign marketing agency.
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