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  Date / Time: 10/5/2008 7:18 PM UTC

  Producer Effie T. Brown on "Inside Urban Hollywood" on Monday, October 6, 2008, at 6pm PST/9pm EST
  

  Los Angeles based film producer Effie T. Brown will appear on "Inside Urban Hollywood" with host Tanya Kersey on Monday, October 6, 2008, at 6pm PST/9pm EST, to discuss the business of producing feature films.
  
  Brown has produced critically acclaimed, award-winning feature projects, including "Stranger Inside;" "Real Women Have Curves" (winner of Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Performance); "Everyday People" and "In the Cut." Effie’s latest film "Rocket Science" won the Sundance 2007 Grand Jury Prize for Directing and was nominated for Best First Feature, Best Screenplay and Best Actress by the Independent Spirit Awards. She has several films slated for production this year, including "Bury Me Standing" with Kerry Washington, Alfre Woodard, Mos Def and Katt Williams and "Bobby Zero" with Mos Def and Erykah Badu set to star. Brown received the Motorola Producer Award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, and the 2003 Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Loyola Marymount University, her alma mater and now serves on the board of the FIND / Film Independent.
  
  The live, Internet talk-radio show will stream from the host page at http://blogtalkradio.com/InsideUrbanHollywood.  Callers are welcome to call-in to ask questions at (646) 200-3290.
  
  An archive will be available at the same link immediately following the show or listeners can subscribe to the archives via the RSS feed located on the host page at http://blogtalkradio.com/insideurbanhollywood.
  
  "Inside Urban Hollywood" takes you behind-the-scenes for insider insight into the people, issues and events that reflect the pulse of who's doing what, where and when in Urban Hollywood. The show features interviews with some of Hollywood's movers and shakers -- from filmmakers, directors and writers to studio executives, agents and entertainment attorneys -- who share their knowledge and insights to help those aspiring, beginning and hoping to grow their careers in the entertainment industry.
  
  Previous guests on "Inside Urban Hollywood" include producer/manager, Lita Richardson; film financier/investor Steven Belser; distribution executives Brett Dismuke (One Village Entertainment), Angela Northington (Codeblack Entertainment) and Melvin Butters (Barnholtz Entertaiment), film financing consultant/author Louise Levison; entertainment attorney Mychal Wilson; writer/director/producer Don B. Welch; film financier Kevin Kinsey, film distribution guru Stacey Parks; casting directors Twinkie Byrd and Pamela Station; filmmaker Dwayne Johnson-Cochran; Doreen Hamilton, head of the Cosby Program; Scilla Andreen, CEO of IndieFlix; and festival programmer Jacqueline Blaylock.
  
  "Inside Urban Hollywood" is hosted and produced by veteran entertainment journalist, commentator, author and film festival director Tanya Kersey, who is known for having her finger on the pulse of what's happening in Urban Hollywood. Callers are encouraged to call (646) 200-3290 to listen or ask questions. The show is live every Monday night at 6pm PST/9pm EST at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/InsideUrbanHollywood.
  
  
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