The Filmmaker's Life with Jimi Okubanjo - 04/04/2024
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Our guest this week was Jimi Okubanjo. Jimi produced the documentary "Arise Firebird", which exposes the toxic work environments, at the corporate level, senior female leaders of color often face in the workplace through her own first-hand experience, as well as through the stories of a few other women. Here's the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcP1XnOWzW8 . To obtain the Zoom link for upcoming live interviews, you must register at The Filmmaker's Life webpage at https://www.filmmakersuccess.com/The-Filmmakers-Life-Home . Jimi Okubanjo has a 20-year career working in leadership roles with Global Fortune 100 corporations, delivering transformations in 14 countries and four continents with over 200 leaders. After a wide variety of traumatic experiences, which ranged from having her credentials minimized to being harassed and told that "they should have hired a white man to do your job" and placed in physically dangerous situations; Jimi decided to take charge of her own life and use her experiences to benefit others. Jimi produced the documentary "Arise Firebird" highlighting her first-hand knowledge of what senior and experienced female leaders of color often face in the workplace. The film being shown globally at corporations, conventions, and featured on podcasts.
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