FELICIA PRIDE EVENT CANCELLED!

We regret to inform you that our event with Felicia Pride tonight is cancelled. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Felicia will not be able to join us tonight.

We will keep you posted about a rescheduling of the event. We hope to reschedule soon.

You will be automatically re-registered at a future date for the event. If you are unable to attend, a recording of the event will be sent to you.

We do apologize for any inconvenience. Unfortunately unexpected challenges came up at the last minute. We thank you for your patience.

Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any questions at education@mnn.org
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    Media Education Coordinator
    Jacob is a director and producer of films, documentaries, and short content. He is an alumnus of Kartemquin Film Labs, and a recipient of the Robert Flaherty Seminar Fellowship. His feature and short films have screened at film festivals and theaters around the country, including the IFC Center as part of DOC NYC, Big Sky Film Festival, the Gene Siskel Film Center, and The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa, Fe.
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    Presenter
    Felicia Pride is a writer and award-winning filmmaker. She wrote on two seasons of Ava DuVernay's "Queen Sugar" and currently writes on "Grey's Anatomy." Prior, she developed a drama pilot, a book adaptation, with NBCUniversal and recently sold a pilot to 20th Century FOX. She sold the erotic romance Deeper to Universal Pictures and is the co-writer and executive producer of the film Really Love, produced by MACRO, which won a Special Jury Prize at SXSW. She recently made her directorial debut with tender, a short film she also wrote, which won a Lionsgate / STARZ award at BlackStar Film Festival and is currently airing on STARZ. Felicia was a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow and a graduate of NBC's Writers on the Verge program as a comedy writer. Previously, she worked as a film distribution executive and an impact producer, and is the author of six books, including "The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs." Felicia holds an M.A. in writing from Emerson College and runs The Create Daily, a resource for underrepresented storytellers that she founded in 2012.
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