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"Hue Women & Cinema Blues: Exploring the Impact of Colorism in America"
NEEMA BARNETTE
Guest Film Curator, Reel Sisters 2008
Emmy Award winning writer, director and producer Neema Barnette became history's first African American female sitcom director with "What's Happening Now" in 1986. A graduate of NYU, she later attended AFI's prestigious Women's Directing Program and went on to amass over 200 hours of television programming. "The Cosby Show", "Hooperman", "China Beach", "A Different World", "Diagnosis Murder" and "Seventh Heaven" are just a partial list of the numerous television series that she has helmed. Neema has also directed eight motion pictures for television and two feature films, "Spirit Lost" and "Civil Brand" starring Mos Def, LisaRaye N’Bushe Wright, and Monica Calhoun and Da Brat.
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