Reality Is Not Good Enough (2016)
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16m
Rashayla Marie Brown tries to make a film subverting racial and gender stereotypes about reality television using her family as a subject. Instead, she ends up questioning her relationships, the stability of her mother to withstand the project, and the challenges of independent filmmaking in general.
// CREW //
Rashayla Marie Brown // Director and Camera 1
Vek Neal // Camera 2
Elizah Turner // Camera 3
Bailey Brown // Camera 4
Ashley Thompson // Editor
// CAST //
Rashayla Marie Brown // Director
Ann-Marie Hammond // Mother
Abrina Marie Matthews // Sister
Angell Marie Williams // Sister
Bailey Marie Brown // Niece
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