Lamonia Deanne Brown

Lamonia Deanne Brown (she/her) is Brooklyn born-and-bred, where she still lives as one of the rarest of Brooklynites — a 2nd generation native of Williamsburg. Through her company, The Gilchrist Group, she is determined to bring as many stories from the Black global filmmaking community to life as possible, in an effort to create a paradigm shift in the ways Black life is portrayed in the media. Lamonia is a proud BGDM member and the director of the ESSENCE Film Festival.