#Mara Brock Akil

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FOREVER Teaser

Two athletic teens learn how much their first love will affect the rest of their lives. The series is set in Los Angeles in 2018.

FOREVER, based on the novel by Judy Blume, stars Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, Xosha Roquemore, Marvin Lawrence Winans III, Barry Shabaka, Ali Gallo, Niles Fitch, Paigion Walker, and E'myri Crutchfield. The series hails from Mara Brock Akil.

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Screenwriter and television producer Mara Brock Akil (2020)

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'...“My So-Called Life” reminded us that the biggest drama in our lives is putting one foot in front of the other toward the direction of your dreams — even if you’re lost, between best friends, or, in my case, unemployed.'

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Mara Brock Akil by @/cleopatrasdaughter on Instagram

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Mara Brock Akil photographed by Flawda Evans (2023)

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Mara Brock Akil photographed by Flawda Evans (2023)

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I'm excited 😊

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Anonymous said:

Karlie apparently was in LA at an event yesterday (no photos yet and another link shows a photo of her from last year so idk). Grammys are in LA. 🕵️‍♀️

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Guests, who enjoyed a fried chicken and waffle dinner by Ghetto Gastro, included Instagram’s Eva Chen, Google’s Stephanie Horton, stylists June Ambrose, Zerina Akers, Jason Rembert, Ugo Mozie and Bryon Javar, actresses Erika Alexander, Yvonne Orji, Laura Harrier, Dominique Thorne, Geffri Maya and Nicole Ari Parker, models Ashley Graham and Karlie Kloss, writer-producer Mara Brock Akil, designers Sami Miro, Brandon Blackwood and Peter Dundas, and Maurice Harris of L.A.’s Bloom & Plume, whose floral creations decorated the tables.

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Adriyan Rae Joins Cast Of Mara Brock Akil’s Upcoming Netflix Series ‘Forever’ http://dlvr.it/T4zW5x

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Tatyana Ali (@tatyanaali) & Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (@sallirichwhit) with Tracey Edmonds.

Writer/producer Mara Brock Akil, director Ava DuVernay, and actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield attend Film Independent's 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere

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Mara Brock Akil (born Mara Dionne Brock; May 27, 1970) is a screenwriter and television producer. She created Girlfriends (2000–08) and The Game (2006–15). She created Being Mary Jane (2013–19). In 2018, she produced Black Lightning and created Love Is.

She was born in Los Angeles to Joan Demeter and was raised primarily in Kansas City. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she earned a BA in Journalism and became a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. While at Northwestern, she penned and acted in a sketch comedy show for Northwestern’s Black Student Union, played the lead in a production of The Colored Museum, and took a screenwriting course. She moved to Los Angeles a year after graduation and landed a job as a production assistant.

She began writing for television in 1994 writing for the series South Central. In 1999, she served as supervising producer and writer on The Jamie Foxx Show after writing for Moesha for four seasons. In 2009, she became a consulting producer and writer for Cougar Town.

As of March 2017, she left ICM Partners to join CAA. In September 2020, she signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix to create new original content, under her new production company Story27 Productions.

She met Salim Akil while working on the set of Moesha, and the two married in 1999. Salim went on to establish a career in the industry as a television director. The couple has two children. They are practicing Sufi Muslims. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #deltasigmatheta

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Mara Brock Akil

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Did you know Regina King is directing the first episode of Forever? She’s also an executive producer. Mara Brock Akil is the showrunner. The show is about the epic love story of two Black teens, Keisha Clark and Justin Edwards exploring romance and their identities.

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Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program Three-Day Workshop Returns for Ninth Year

MENTORSHIP AND GRANTS EMPOWER 10 WOMEN AND NON-BINARY FILMMAKERS Jury: Joanna Calo, Beanie Feldstein, Lucy Liu, Da’Vine Joy Randolph & Olivia Wilde Mentors: Pamela Adlon, Mara Brock Akil, Janicza Bravo & Molly Gordon Conversation leader: Ruth E. Carter Advisory Committee: Jane Fonda, Patty Jenkins, Laura Karpman, Greta Lee, A.V. Rockwell & Kerry Washington Tribeca and CHANEL today announced…