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CARLA JOELLE BROWN 

DIRECTOR/WRITER

Carla Joelle Brown was born in Baltimore, MD and received her B.A. in 1998, and M.F.A. in 2001, from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a concentration in printmaking. As an interdisciplinary artist, she uses photography, printmaking and film, to visually examine themes about her gender, race and family. Brown’s recent work focuses on both her maternal and paternal grandparents and their direct influence on her life, as well as a close examination of them as individuals.

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THOMAS A. HUGGINS 

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY 

Thomas Aaron is a professional photographer who has made the transition to motion picture capture with the advent of digital cinema. He believes that the art of capturing moving pictures has the power to motivate thought and inspire change. 

 

"Now that the tools to create quality images are available to the masses, the imagination of filmmakers everywhere is the new frontier. It's an exciting time to be alive !"  

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SARAH NELSON 

PRODUCER/EDITOR 

Sarah Nelson is an independent filmmaker, currently living in the Baltimore area and creating stories all over the world. Her specialties include writing, directing, producing and editing. She completed and received a B.A. in Philosophy from Salisbury University in 2005 and an M.A. in Film and Video from American University in December 2013. She has written and directed award winning short films and has been apart of award winning feature length films. After graduating from film school, she worked as an Associate Producer for the National Geographic Channel, writing and producing promos. In 2014, she decided she wanted to focus on creating content and stories of her own and that she could have more input and control if she started her own film production company, Constant Movement Cinema. She currently runs and operates CM Cinema, writing and directing short films, commercials and documentaries.

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Sponsorship provided by:

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The Rubys Artist Project Grants were conceived and initiated with start-up funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and are a program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.

 

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 Support provided by:  IFP/HBO New True Stories Funding Initiative

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