116: Iyabo Boyd of Brown Girls Doc Mafia

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Brown Girls Doc Mafia started as an impromptu meet up in 2015 and has grown into an organization with over 4000 members of women and non-binary people of color working in documentary. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews the group’s founder Iyabo Boyd. She talks about her work at the grant funder Chicken & Egg, as a producer of the documentary “For Ahkeem”, and how covid-19 and this summer’s street protests over racial injustice have galvanized BGDM. The organization has just launched a new directory on its website and is currently crowdfunding for its growth. Please support them on GoFundMe. Beyond her documentary work, Iyabo also directed the short feminist comedy “Me Time” and is working on her first fiction feature. More details at iyaboboyd.com.

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