U.S. Special Advisor SARA MINKARA - 2023 Global Leadership Awards Honoree

Congratulations to Global Leadership Award Honoree U.S. Special Advisor Sara Minkara! Minkara is a pioneering advocate for inclusivity and the rights of people with disabilities. Since becoming legally blind at age seven, she has overcome barriers, challenged stigmas, and created opportunities for authentic inclusion.

Learn more about Sara in this film and on our website: https://www.vitalvoices.org/honoree/s...

This film was produced in collaboration with the Queen Collective. The Queen Collective is a program supporting multicultural women and non-binary directors developed in partnership with Procter & Gamble, Queen Latifah and Flavor Unit Entertainment.

Director: Jenn Shaw
Executive Producer: Loretha Jones

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
JENN SHAW is an DGA award-winning director specializing in genre stories that champion the underdog, explore inner quirkiness and unveil a unique cultural experience. Her bold, cinematic filmmaking has both distinctive humor and dramatic instinct with a love for fantasy, coming-of-age and sports. She has directed over 50 commercials, documentary films and over eight narrative shorts premiering at Hollyshorts, Pan African, Blackstar, Cannes Short Film Corner and Tribeca Film festivals. In 2017, her ESPN film $15 Kicks was executive produced by Spike Lee and earned a Black Reel Award. Within the last two years, she’s directed three narrative shorts, I Won The Lottery…, Charlie and the Hunt starring Lauren Ridloff (Eternals, Walking Dead) and a film titled Gaps executive produced by P&G, Tribeca Studios and Queen Latifah in the prestigious Queen Collective initiative. She’s directed projects supported by NBC Universal, NFL Network, and numerous high-level commercial brands. Recently, she was the executive producer and director of the docu-series Running While Black for Vice, and Adidas. Her feature film debut, The Pill (working title) is in advanced development with tinygiant and was in TIFF’s Break Through the Lens 2022-23. Currently, she’s a participant in Black Magic Future of Women in TV 2023 cohort. She's managed by Anonymous Content and represented by Sola Fasehun of The Distribution Collective (TDC).

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