Abiola Abrams, author of DARE

Abiola Abrams is the host of BET's hit indie film competition The Best Shorts, airing throughout the US and the Caribbean. As a writer, filmmaker, and self proclaimed TV big mouth, her goal is to use pop culture to create uncommon inspiration: politically, emotionally, and sexually. Abiola's writing is featured in Eve Ensler's anthology A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer and the upcoming anthology Behind the Bedroom Door, edited by Self magazine's Paula Derrow. Abiola's art films ran