Effie T. Brown

Effie T Brown is a film and television producer known for such films as Rocket Science Real Women Have Curves Everyday People Desert Blue Dear White People and But Im a Cheerleader She is seen in the fourth season of Project Greenlight as a producer on that seasons film project The Leisure Class Effie Brown grew up in the greater Los Angeles area She attended the allgirls St Lucys Priory High School in Glendora California She received a degree in film production from Loyola Marymount University LMU in Los Angeles Upon graduation from LMU Brown quickly rose up in the ranks in the film industry to become Director of Development for Tim Burtons production company in 1995 A few years later she became one of the first participants in ProjectInvolve a fellowship program sponsored by the Independent Feature ProjectLos Angeles now Film Independent She completed the program in 1999 and with numerous feature films and television productions to her credit Brown has become one of ProjectInvolves major success stories In the fourthseason premiere of Project Greenlight Effie Brown along with director Peter Farrelly and actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck met to decide which filmmakers would be chosen to direct a feature film for the show Among the finalists considered were a directing team of an Asian American man Leo Angelos and a white woman Kristen Brancaccio Effie Brown expressed her support of this team stating that I would just urge people to think about whoever this director is the way that theyre going to treat the character of Harmony her being a prostitute Brown countersShes the only black person being a hooker who gets hit by her white pimp Damon responded that when youre talking about diversity you do it in the casting of the film not the casting of the show He also pointed out that the most diverse directorial candidate didnt have a problem with the parts of the script that Effie deemed problematic Critics of Damons comments stated that he was mansplaining and whitesplaining diversity to Effie Brown and accused him of being racially tone deaf Description above from the Wikipedia article Effie T Brown licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia