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Director/Producer @independentartistgroup @rainmanagement
80s baby. DC raised me. AKA made me. Hollywood pays me. Jesus saved me.

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R E A S O N A B L E D O U B T S 4 | is a show full of talented, hardworking, beautiful people both on and off camera. 🎥✨

From the creators to the PAs, and every title in between, Black women showed up and showed OUT! 👏🏾🖤

These are just a few of the incredible women behind the camera who helped bring this season to life. The ones creating, leading, coordinating, problem-solving, producing, protecting the vision, and making it all happen behind the scenes.

There’s something special about seeing so many brilliant, beautiful Black women occupying space, leading teams, telling stories, and making magic together. ✨

Proud to have shared the set with you. Proud to have been a part of it. And even prouder to see US represented in so many different roles. 🖤🎬

Here’s to the women behind the scenes — because representation doesn’t stop when the cameras stop rolling. 🥂✨

#ReasonableDoubtS4 #BlackWomenInEntertainment #BlackExcellence #RepresentationMatters

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June Joys 🌹

A month of living it, not just talking about it:

1️⃣ Slaying and praying through 20+ years of friendship with my Cabot cutie @christina.elmore
2️⃣ Bestie baddies living life boldly and colorfully in LA
3️⃣ Husbae @ba_baracus22 entrepreneurship in action
4️⃣ AI bestie 🍫 excellence
5️⃣ Taking time to smell the roses and soak in everything we’ve built over these last four decades with the birthday queen @mckenzie.l.thomas who set the bar OH so HIGH🖤🖤🖤 with her Midnight Garden Party 40th celebration! We love you and we love our view park / BBH village 💋💋💋

#thelittlethings #GirlsNightOut #summersoiree

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Happy Saturday loves! Over the years I’ve learned that the friendships I treasure most aren’t always the ones with the most consistency, they’re the ones with the most grace. The ones where showing up tired, or out of touch for a season, or even just being present in the room or through audio notes is enough. Restoration doesn’t always come from rest — sometimes it comes from people who hold space for you exactly as you are. This is your reminder to pour into your girlfriend relationships and thank you @mckenzie.l.thomas for the most magical 40th birthday celebration. We love you and had a TIME!!! | #blackgirlluxury #femalefriendship #sisterhoodispowerful

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Vivrant Things✨

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This is what happens when you focus on being present….and releasing my backlog of photos, videos and thoughts 😝 Get ready loves! Beijos!

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When @thereeljade asked me to be her doulagrapher (doula + photographer) for her third baby, I laughed because I knew there was no way she could be serious.

Me? The person who gets nauseous at the sight of blood.

Me? The person who never experienced labor, thanks to the trauma of an emergency C-section. No training. No experience. Seriously, why me?

Because my daughter’s birth story had been about survival and my sister wanted me to have what I didn’t get to experience.

I was afraid right up until her first contraction. But then something shifted. It was like a switch flipped, and I moved into protector mode.

Because I knew the stats: Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes in this country. At 39, her risk was even higher.

So for 48 hours, I leaned all the way in. I asked every question. I paid attention to every detail. I learned every nurse’s name. I was there for her. Fully. And when it was time for her to push, I felt it in my body too.

Aiden Austin was brought into this world by a team of women of color, with a Black woman guiding his arrival. It wasn’t planned or expected, but very clearly divinely orchestrated. Look. At. God.

It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever witnessed. The best gift anyone has ever given me. And in that moment, my sister became the strongest woman I know.

A year later, I was still behind the camera, celebrating Aiden’s first birthday at our favorite beach.

But the truth is, far too many Black women in this country don’t get to that moment.

This is why #BlackMaternalHealthWeek matters.
It’s about making sure more of our stories are held with the kind of care, the kind of attention, the kind of protection, and the kind of life-affirming love that we all deserve. ❤️
#Blackmaternalhealth #blackmothers #birthstory #blackmotherhood

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Many, many thanks to @paffnow for hosting @goodhometrainingfilm’s West Coast premiere! ❤️

Being in the place I call my second home, surrounded by friends and family who have known me in every season of my life truly had me in my feelings. One little sister. Two blood cousins. Two play aunties. Two high school friends. Two college friends. And their friends. THANK YOU for showing up for me. My heart is so full.

Good Home Training is a visual love letter that my co-director @evolynbrooks and I created to honor the women who raised us, shaped us, corrected us, prayed over us, and believed in us before we believed in ourselves. I hope they’re proud of what we’ve done.

Brooklyn, NY, you’re up next.🙌🏾

#paffnow #blackfilmmakers #blackgirlmagic #blackexcellence #directher

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I’m still on cloud nine from celebrating life. I’m so thankful for all of my loved ones getting together to plan this surprise and am still overwhelmed by the love I’ve felt for my first real birthday party not at Chuck E Cheese.

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I’m Kyndra. 👋🏾
A chef. A storyteller. A woman in the middle of becoming.

I’ve cooked in private homes, behind the scenes, for athletes, celebrities, creatives, and people who value experience over flash.

I’ve traveled to 18 countries and have learned that food is one of the purest ways people connect.

I love intentional experiences, beautifully set tables, meaningful conversations, music that makes you feel something and food that tells a story.

I value a small, close-knit circle of friends who feel more like family, laughter that heals, and memories that last longer than photos.

I’ve owned businesses, started over, trusted God, doubted myself, and kept going anyway.

I believe soft doesn’t mean small.
And I believe your life doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s to be meaningful.

This page is where food meets faith, growth meets joy, and becoming meets grace.

If you’re here to evolve, to live more intentionally, to enjoy the process while you build…you’re in the right place.

Welcome. 🤍

👇🏾Tell me what brought you here.

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Moms in the wild after bedtime.

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𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝’𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.

#Big70th #Scorpioseason #EuropeanVacation #MamasBoy #ParisFrance #brusselsbelgium #Amsterdam #Atomium #eiffeltowerparis #louvremuseum #theupside

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Creative minds at work! 🎬 Showrunner @dramaraamla and director @antoncropper are the powerhouse duo shaping the world of #ReasonableDoubt, which also features an all-Black writers’ room and all-Black directors.

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