The Team
Tia Phillip
Production Assistant
Tia Phillip is a screenwriter, actress, and a practicing archivist and collection manager. She has served in varying roles on varying sets, including but not limited to, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill (2016), Queer Qafe (2018), and BLACK FLAG (2020). She has a passion for equity, uplifting the stories of BIPOC creatives, and supporting the work of those traditionally excluded from the entertainment industry. After graduating from Colorado College in 2018 with a degree in English and Film, and an emphasis in Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies, Tia has dedicated her time to honing the craft of storytelling and volunteering with the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in media consumption along the front range. She has presented on the epistemic responsibility of filmmakers and has workshopped over 10 scripts with the goal of exploring power and privilege within the stories we tell and the stories we watch.
Production Assistant
Meg Chamberlain debuted on Broadway in Black Comedy at The Roundabout Theatre. She worked with McCorkle Casting in New York, assisting with auditions for Broadway, television, and feature films. She began her teaching career at Lorain Catholic, where she found her passion in bringing people to the theatrical arts. For ten years, Meg was the Director of Theatre Education for Beck Center for the Arts. Her favorites include Into the Woods Jr., The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), and Stagedoor. She has also written several children’s plays. All of which were produced at Beck Center for the Arts. Fairy Tales Tonight actually toured the community libraries and assisted living facilities. She has been on camera in The War that Made America, TNT’s Leverage, and Gus Van Sant’s Restless. She was Associate Producer of D.I.Y., a short film. Currently, she is the Line Producer for another feature film. She is proud to be a member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA, but she is most proud of her family.
Breanna Washington
Production Assistant
Tia Phillip
Production Assistant
Tia Phillip is a screenwriter, actress, and a practicing archivist and collection manager. She has served in varying roles on varying sets, including but not limited to, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill (2016), Queer Qafe (2018), and BLACK FLAG (2020). She has a passion for equity, uplifting the stories of BIPOC creatives, and supporting the work of those traditionally excluded from the entertainment industry. After graduating from Colorado College in 2018 with a degree in English and Film, and an emphasis in Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies, Tia has dedicated her time to honing the craft of storytelling and volunteering with the Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in media consumption along the front range. She has presented on the epistemic responsibility of filmmakers and has workshopped over 10 scripts with the goal of exploring power and privilege within the stories we tell and the stories we watch.
Breanna Washington
Production Assistant
Production Designer
Robert has designed for theater, museums, film, and theme parks including SeaWorld San Diego and Avatar the Exhibition at Experience Music Project. His stage designs have been seen onstage nationally at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Old Globe Theatre, and American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco. Rob is a proud member of USA-829 and serves on the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis.
donnie l. betts (lowercase is intentional)
Consultant
donnie is a radio, film and theatre practitioner. He has been making a personal statement about the marginalization of black Americans for decades with the intentional lower-casing of his name. donnie attended the Yale School of Drama, has performed on Broadway, and is the founder of No Credits Production, Inc., a film and video production company. His company produces the award-winning radio drama series Destination Freedom, Black Radio Days, and documentary films including Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown Jr. screened at over 25 film festivals worldwide, and has won eleven “Best Documentary” awards, Audience’s Choice Awards and aired on PBS plus stations nationwide. His film, Dearfield: The Road Less Traveled, a docudrama about the all-black town in northern Colorado was nominated for an Emmy.
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Legal Counsel
Jaia Thomas is a graduate of Colgate University and The George Washington University Law School. She also holds a Certificate in Television, Film and New Media Production from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Thomas is an instructor at UCLA, where she teaches a course titled Copyright Law in the Entertainment Industry. Before her appointment at UCLA, she was an instructor at American University in Washington DC, where she taught graduate students in the School of Communication the intricacies of forming and operating a media production company. She has also guest lectured at Carnegie Mellon University and Vassar College. She is a member of the New York Bar Association and American Bar Association. In terms of what attracted her to the entertainment industry, she's always been passionate about the way African-Americans are portrayed in the media and wanted to be a part of reshaping some of those portrayals and narratives.
Editor
