Brittany “B.Monét” Fennell is a writer/director making films which pose questions about identity, society, race and culture. Fennell graduated from Spelman College with a BA in English and holds an MFA from New York University in Film and Television with a concentration in writing and directing. It is vital to her that under-represented people are shown in film, media and television. Brittany’s award-winning short film Q.U.E.E.N. was named the 2017 Horizon Award Winner through Cassian Elwes, Christine Vachon, and Lynette Howell Taylor at the Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she is one of the winners for the #NewView Film Competition with Glamour and Girlgaze, an award which champions the voices of female filmmakers. Recently, Brittany directed a branded short film on the #MeToo founder Tarana Burke, the civil rights activist and creator of the #metoo movement. Burke was featured among other female activists as a Time Person of the Year in 2017. Fennell’s new film about the celebrated icon “explores Tarana’s life as a survivor, activist and mother, and how she found the confidence to start a movement telling other survivors they are not alone. Tarana continues to raise awareness, leading the conversation to stop sexual violence through policy change and community support,” explains director Fennell. She is a recipient of the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation grant at Fusion Film Festival as well as a finalist in the Women in Film Mini Upfronts Program and a Sundance Women’s Financing Intensive Project Fellow for her first feature film Q.U.E.E.N. Watch below to learn more!
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