Mara Brock Akil, showrunner
Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson
Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.
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Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.
Mara Brock Akil, a twenty-year veteran of the television industry, has worked as a writer, producer, and showrunner on series like Moesha and Being Mary Jane. Here Akil delineates the challenges of overseeing an Atlanta-based show from Los Angeles and touches on issues of diversity in the contemporary writers room and industry at large.
Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Mara Brock Akil, showrunner. In: Curtin M. & Sanson K, Voices of Labor. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.c
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Published on March 3, 2017