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Imani Mariaa

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Misty Green Private Screening with Young Misty @ariaseymore
So proud of my little taken in Fox Studios by @imanimariaa

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15 days ago

I absolutely love the WDIGM universe. And also enjoyed the nostalgic feeling of seeing the OG ensemble back on screen together.

My film brain never rests and had a “What if” moment. I noticed I still needed closure, so I ended up writing it for myself lol. Thought I’d share how the film would go if I wrote it.

#whydidigetmarried #whydidigetmarriedagain #screenwriters #netflix #filmmakers by @imanimariaa

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𝚃𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎,
𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛,
𝚄𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 🌙

~𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚊

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝..

𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛! 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 @ariaseymore

𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙶𝚘𝚍𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 ✨

𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍..

𝚃𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 🕊️

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙰𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 ✨

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 ..

"𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗"
𝙷𝚊𝚋 2:2

"𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎 " by @imanimariaa

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𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 + 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜.. 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙼𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 + 𝚂𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜

Love is a very peculiar thing … (𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑)

𝙸 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 .. by @imanimariaa

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2 months ago

Blackberries (𝚠/ 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 @veronicastaylor + @makenzievevo )

Director: Daijanae McCoy by @imanimariaa

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2 months ago

Sunday Dinner (𝙵𝚝: 𝙲𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜)

Director: Tre Tucker

#setlife #actress #laactor #atlantaactors #sundaydinner by @imanimariaa

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Black on Black Wall Street

" 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 ..."

~ 𝙼𝚛.𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚔

𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗.. 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 by @imanimariaa

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Had a conversation with my Little (Aria) today, and it really caused me to pause…

Sometimes our insecurities are just heightened feelings of what we think other people think about us.

I’ll give you a true story.

Since the 8th grade, I’ve worn a jacket or covered my arms in some form almost every day. Not because I was always cold ( I mean, I do get cold easily lol) but because it allowed me to hide.
Over time, it became a shield. A form of protection. A shell.

Funny how the things we use to protect ourselves can become so familiar that we forget why we put them on in the first place.

Today feels like a good day to be a little brave…we can face tomorrow later

(Channeling 8 year old Mani today 🤘🏾) by @imanimariaa

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Dear little dreamer…
Find your light, and don’t limit its source. ✨

(Premieres + Museums)

🎥 Premiere of Blackberries, starring me and my beautiful castmates, Makenzie and Veronica. Working with you two was such a pleasure. ✨

🖼️ Exhibitions at @caaminla

+ The Sound of Gordon Parks
+ Free and Queer: Black Californian Roots of Gay Liberation
+ Willie Birch: Stories to Tell
+ A New Song: Langston Hughes in the West by @imanimariaa

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Stages + Freight Trains + Ranches .. Oh My

𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝...

𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜

+ 𝙼𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 @risselpegueroalmonte 𝚊𝚗𝚍 @thebandpegasis .. 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚙𝚎
+ 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙽𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎
+ 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 .. 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚘 .. 𝙾𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝙸 🤭 ?
+ 7 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 2 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 ... by @imanimariaa

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3 months ago

Media Dump May 📹

This has been, by far, the MOST random month of my life. Tough but there have also been some beautiful moments in the midst of it all.. did I mention random ? Sometimes you have to find joy in the small (not so small) things. Here are my favorites ✨

Footage captions (in order) ⬇️⬇️⬇️

〰️ One of the best to ever do it .. Ms.Rissi ✨ ( A new favorite human of mine btw)
〰️ Concert .. honestly “ You should have been in the room where it happened “ 🔥
〰️ Baldy being Bald: Part One
〰️ A snail? slug ? Idk what it is but here’s proof I didn’t run away
〰️ Peach 🍑
〰️ I just like the name Shelby (favorite character in my favorite book)
〰️ Baldy being Bald: Part Two
〰️ The Grandmas : Grandma Sandy (Sandra ) came to see me while visiting my home town 🫶🏾
〰️ The Grandmas : Grandma Viviana (Vivian) , her first time driving an electric vehicle.. whew, I’m alive that’s all that matters lol
〰️ Is God Is.. need I say more ?
〰️ Umm, idk how I got recruited to sing
〰️ Caleb and Shell, I don’t know if it’s a good idea to … nvm .. best wishes to y’all’s relationship ✨
〰️ IDK why I posted this, decided to play around with this cam … 🤷🏾‍♀️
〰️ Oh yeah, that’s me too... okay bye for now ✨🫶🏾🤎

As for you June .. be nice to me by @imanimariaa

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So proud of my Little , being your sista-ger has been a gift ✨

Catch my girl on the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy, now available on Hulu !

I’m always mesmerized by the magic of filmmaking by @imanimariaa

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