Felicia Pride is a TV writer / producer and an award-winning filmmaker. She wrote on Ava DuVernay's QUEEN SUGAR and is currently a producer on GREY'S ANATOMY. She's developing shows with FX and Netflix and has previously sold a show to BRAVO. In film, she's the writer and executive producer of REALLY LOVE, produced by MACRO, which debuted on Netflix and became a Top Ten Movie on the platform. And she's sold two features, DEEPER and LIKE IT'S THE LAST, both romantic dramas, to Universal Pictures. She recently made her directorial debut with tender, a short film she also wrote, which won a Lionsgate award at the BlackStar Film Festival and aired on STARZ.

Felicia was a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow and a graduate of NBC's Writers on the Verge program as a comedy writer. Prior to transitioning to screenwriting, she worked as a film distribution exec and an impact producer. Felicia holds an M.A. in writing from Emerson College and runs The Create Daily, a resource for underrepresented storytellers that she founded in 2012.#theentouragepodcast

During this episode, she shares:

• The importance of doing self work
• Using art to amplify activism
• The steps on how to become a writer
• The importance of cultivating your voice

Social media:

• Felicia Pride on Instagram: @feliciapride
• Felicia Pride on Twitter: @feliciapride
• Felicia Pride's Production Company: Honey Chile
• The Entourage Podcast Website: theentouragepodcast.com
• The Entourage Podcast on Instagram: @theentouragepodcast
• The Entourage Podcast on Facebook: The Entourage Podcast

Intro/Outro Music:

"Waiting IV" by Celeste Betton

• Link to album: http://bit.ly/celeste-betton-entourage
• Instagram: @celestebetton
• Facebook: Celeste Betton

Credits:

• Episode Host: Randy C. Bonds
• Executive Producers: Vannesia Darby, Randy C. Bonds, JAVI
• Production Assistant: Alexis Clark