Wednesday Women: Effie Brown - The Real Star of PROJECT GREENLIGHT

For the uninitiated, "Project Greenlight" is a contest led by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in partnership with HBO to give a novice filmmaker the opportunity to make a movie. Then they film the making of the movie, and that becomes the docu/reality series. 

The decision-making team is at least four men and two women. The women are Jennifer Todd, who runs Matt and Ben's production company, and Effie Brown, who was hired to produce the movie the winning director makes.) Brown is a successful independent producer with 17 films under her belt. Her partner is Marc Joubert, a well-intentioned problem-solver who pretty much lets her handle anything hard.

Effie Brown on "Project Greenlight"

The thing that we all have learned from these six episodes is that the real star of "Project Greenlight" is Effie Brown. To see a strong African American woman say to all the people on the movie set that she does not make movies where all the main characters and extras are white and the only people of color are the staff was one of the most important moments of the series. And you know what? She did it. She showed what standing by your beliefs and convictions can do, and the example that you set is one of your most important legacies. Effie's star is just going up and up from this.

Excerpts from By Melissa Silverstein | Women and Hollywood 

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