Tell2C Productions LLC

Join me tomorrow as I moderate an insightful panel at DOC NYC about "Empowering Change Through Partnerships."
10:11:15am November 16th

Creative Distribution (Nov. 16) - DOC NYC Gain valuable insights on educational distribution, retaining film rights, and exploring innovative distribution ideas to reach wider audiences and make a

A first day office selfie. Excited to announce I am now the Executive Director of Development for ABC and the Walt Disney Companies in their dynamic Race & Culture Division in NYC. Grateful and Excited.

That time I got nominated for Two PrimeTime Emmy's as a Supervising Producer for "outstanding non-fiction specials". I proudly wore my Sri Lankan sari to the event. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be there. As I watch what is happening in Sri Lanka right now, I know the people in Lanka deserve better, and a brighter tomorrow is possible.

Excited to be part of "The Impact Days" for the 20th FIFDH - International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights for a documentary film called "The Half-Truths". I am proud to be one of the producers.

Thank you to the one and only Hemal Trivedi for following this important story for over nine years and asking me to be part of your along with the incomparable Cynthia Kane.

The little film that could and did !! So proud of our global collaboration- produced by Tell2C Productions and What Took You So Long?

Now I need to find a way to ask Amanda Gorman to share our poem about equality ( written by my best friend's 8-year-old son) with the world.

Putting that out into the universe !!

"Writing with Fire " is a brilliant doc !! A must-watch.
Bravo to the filmmakers and the incredible female journalists leading the way forward. An inspiration for us all.

http://ow.ly/pCmb50HwCaj

Writing With Fire (Official Trailer) In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journ...

Excited about what the future holds no matter what. 2022 to infinity and beyond !!

Feeling so proud !!



It took a village of incredibly talented and passionate creative storytellers to bring this ambitious project to life. As an Executive Producer at the USC Shoah Foundation, putting this film out into the world is most special to me.

I was able to choose an international DREAM TEAM and lead it to complete this short stop motion animated film called " Music Dreams " that we can all be proud of. A labor of love to bring a story to communities that often don't get to see themselves.

Thank you to the USC Shoah Foundation for this opportunity to push ourselves, and thank you to my DREAM TEAM who made it all possible. I can't wait to share the full film with everyone. Until then, please do watch the trailer embedded in the article below.

New Animated Film for Young Students Explores Refugee Displacement and the Power of Music to Inspire Hope, Healing Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the arrival of the first Kindertransport to the United Kingdom. This rescue operation saved 10,000 child refugees from N**i-occupied Europe. As part of the commemoration, USC Shoah Foundation has produced an animated short film, “Music Dreams,” based on the st...

When I am not wearing my fabulous Executive Producer hat at the USC Shoah Foundation, I run a global collective of award-winning female filmmakers for change Tell2C Productions. We finished this short film for Covenant House with a great company called " What Took You So Long ? ". I was a supervising producer on this and I am proud of how it turned out.
Please have a watch.

http://ow.ly/fSt850H2ixZ

How Racism Influences Homelessness Covenant House staff share their expertise and lived experience to bring light to the realities of homelessness for people of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian descent.

So proud to have been a judge for The 37th IDA Documentary Awards. Amazing inspiring films that continue to ignite my passion for creating powerful storytelling.

The celebrates the best of this year's documentary work and creators. BRAVO!!
Check out the brilliant nominees here :
https://lnkd.in/drY34fcX

Our little film about equality " Specific Irrelevant Details " has been selected to be part of the Paris International Short Festival 2021. So proud of our global collaboration !! Much Gratitude.

We Won !! Bravo Team !!

Best Youth Artist
Kamil De Chickera and Nayana Crowe
Specific Irrelevant Details

https://www.torontofilmmagazine.com/post/what-we-need-to-know-about-toronto-women-festival

Our global collaboration, " Specific Irrelevant Details," written by my best friend's 8-year-old son and narrated by the daughter of another amazing friend from Sri Lanka, just got officially selected for the Toronto International Women Film Festival !!

Thank you to Tell2C and What Took You So Long? and EVERYONE who brought this poem about equality to life amid a pandemic.

Bravo !!

https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoWomenFilmFestival

Toronto International Women Film Festival Toronto International Women Film Festival celebrates and recognizes films made by talented female filmmakers from all over the world. The festival is an IMDb...

We are currently watching this on Apple TV and it is incredibly powerful, poignant, and so moving.

Highly recommend !! storytelling as a force for good.

Bravo Dawn Porter - I am blown away.

The Me You Can't See — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ The Me You Can’t See is a new docuseries co-created by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, that explores mental health and emotional well-being with stories from...

I just found out that the first film I was one of the producers on for the USC Shoah Foundation just won Best Short Documentary at the Angels Doc Festival. I built the DREAM TEAM intentionally from Brown Girl Doc Mafia and I could not be prouder of what we were able to achieve together. Representation Matters, Authorship Matters.

Much Gratitude - Violet Feng , Victoria Chalk , Kia Hays , Drucilla Lawrence Rees, and everyone who contributed. xx

“We are who we are because of stories; without stories, we have no sense of what is right and wrong.” -Bryan Fine, Grandson Of Jewish Survivor

Two Sides of Survival brings together stories from the East and West during the late 1930’s and World War II period that share a traumatic yet incredible connection of resilience and survival. One story begins in Nanjing, where Japanese soldiers massacred Chinese civilians, and the other story, in Germany, where the N**i regime sought the systematic murder of Jewish populations in Europe and beyond. Both groups experience atrocities around the same time.
This film follows the little-known story of the more than 18,000 Jewish refugees that fled from Europe to Shanghai as a means of escape from the N**is. At the same time, a group of Europeans and American expatriates stayed in Nanjing and banded together to save 250,000 Chinese lives by building a safety zone. Three hundred kilometers apart, these survivors, from vastly different places, left a legacy of human connection and resilience for the next generation; this is “Two Sides Of Survival”.

the dream job I didn’t get.

I know most people post about their job wins on Linkedin/ social media. I thought I would share my experience about NOT getting my dream job. Two days before my 43rd birthday, I was headhunted by Netflix in LA. Later, I would find out that one of their Development Executives put me forward after meeting me at a virtual Netflix networking event where Brown Girls Doc Mafia members would attend, and I was one of them.

I will be forever grateful that I was put forward for a role that I would never have applied for because I don't have network experience. This is not for lack of desire or talent but for lack of opportunity. I rarely saw anyone like me in the over 20 years of working in non-fiction documentary production and development. The Development Executives I would be pitching and still do would predominately be white males or females.

Fast forward to my Netflix rocket ship adventure- over the course of three months, passing their creative tests and eight interviews later - I ultimately didn't make it to the final round, and I was truly gutted.

And I think it was because, for those three months, I felt extraordinary. Anytime I mentioned Netflix had headhunted me, it was like "WOW" now that is impressive-and I felt like they were thinking, well, you must be "someone to watch".

And while I didn't make it to that last round or get the job which ultimately would have been life-changing on so many levels. It made me realize what I thought wasn't possible could be possible, and no matter what, I am a unicorn, and no one can take that away from me 🙂.

Looking back I am grateful for the experience, for the emotional roller coaster it was; it also made me realize that I don't need my dream job to define or validate me; I can do that on my own.
I love the family my husband and I have created, and our two best productions, daughters Nyah (5) and Zaeya (3), teach me so much every day. I love our home, where our family of friends are always welcome, and I love the job I have now where my passion and my purpose drive me, and the fact that I love the people I collaborate with makes me grateful every day.

So all this is to say - "This Is Me." To all those who didn't get your dream job, I know what that feels like but know this is just the beginning, and don't ever give up. I know I won't.

Thank you to BGDM for all of your support and to all who were cheering me on along the way, and thank you to my family, who without I would be lost.

I love you very much xx

To infinity and beyond !!

Thank you BGDM and Think Film - my first Cannes Impact Festival !!

Representation Matters

I just submitted my votes for best "Outstanding Social Issue Documentary" for the 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards !! and I also got my accreditation for my first Marche Du Film Festival De Cannes !! Thank you for making Cannes possible !!

I just finished speaking on a panel about Diversity, Equity, and Gender Parity at "Sunny Side Of The Doc". Proud to represent BGDM, USC Shoah Foundation, Tell2C, & FilmAid Kenya. Unicorn haircut in the house ;)

I will be speaking on this panel today. Click the link to register & attend.

http://ow.ly/BFn350FeHv4

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: REVAMPING THE DOC INDUSTRY - EP.2 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, THE INITIATIVES DRIVING ACTION, NOT JUST TALK!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. After tackling the issue of regulating streamers* as part of our year-round Passport to Sunny Side of the Doc for industry professionals, the second chapter in our series of talks devoted to revamping the documentary industry will focus on the issue of diversity and inclusion. In the wake of the ...

Today is the long-awaited and highly anticipated worldwide premiere of THE NEW RESISTANCE! I am honored to have been a Senior Producer on this documentary series for World News and feel so proud of the blood, sweat, and tears our team put into producing this across six timezones, three continents, and a pandemic.

Shoutout to our DREAM TEAMS in Lebanon, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Amsterdam, and New York, and my two incredible AP's Julia Rignot and Okhela Bazile-Charles - I heart you both.

Most importantly, a massive thank you to my two young activists who are superheroes in their own right. Mohamad al Jounde and Anuna de Wever, I want to be you when I grow up !!

And last but not least, thank you to Brown Girl Doc Mafia; without the BGDM member directory, the EP from VICE would not have found me !! THANK YOU !!

Episode 1 is now live here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANIkg7pOicE&list=PLaXYmy6yM19O2XRwR02mQ8KGPvJ1rg9EE

The Dark Origin Story of the Next Generation of Activists I The New Resistance Episode 1 THE NEW RESISTANCE is an intimate look at the ballsy new wave of activists who are disrupting politics and tearing up the rule book about how to change the w...

Hello, Sunny Side Of The Doc !! Excited to be speaking on a panel about Diversity, Equity, and Gender Parity. We need more Brown Gals In The Ring- and I am proud to be one of them :)