Jamie Broadnax (born April 24, 1980) is an American
film critic
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findin ...
,
podcast
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er, and
writer
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, known for founding and being
editor-in-chief
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and
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
of the ''Black Girl Nerds'' community.
Biography
Broadnax, who has a
master's degree
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in Film and Marketing,
started her career in film by working on several
film shoots in various positions. Broadnax became a film critic, is a member of the
Critics Choice Association
The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the l ...
, and, as a
freelancer
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, has written about films for numerous publications, including ''
HuffPost
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'', the ''
New York Post
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daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost. ...
'',
''Variety'', and ''
Vulture
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''.
In 2014, Broadnax was accredited by
MSNBC
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's
TheGrio
TheGrio is a brand name owned by American media company Allen Media Group for a television network and a website aimed at African-Americans.
History
TheGrio is to "focus on news and events that have a unique interest and pronounced impact with ...
100. She has been described as "one of the biggest up-and-coming names in black-nerd pop culture" (by
''The Root'''s Jason Johnson
) and as "one of the most important makers of 2016" (by
''Paste'''s Shannon M. Houston
). In an October 2015 guest appearance on
''Melissa Harris-Perry'', Broadnax talked about diversity in comics at
New York Comic Con
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. She has also co-hosted the ''Misty Knight's Uninformed Afro'' podcast about black
superheroines
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, and in April 2017, she co-launched the #NoConfederate
hashtag
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campaign in response to
HBO
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's plan to produce a series –
''Confederate'' – with the premise "What if the
Confederacy never lost?".
Broadnax has hosted
panel discussion
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s on other multimedia, including the panel at the
''A Wrinkle in Time'' (2018) premiere at the
El Capitan Theatre
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and the ''
Sorry to Bother You
''Sorry to Bother You'' is a 2018 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by musician Boots Riley in his directorial debut. It stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, ...
'' panel at the
2018 Sundance Film Festival
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to January 28, 2018. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 29, 2017.
Awards
The following awards were presented:
* U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award: '' T ...
.
Mid 2018, after co-founding "Universal FanCon"
and running a successful
Kickstarter
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campaign for the convention, Broadnax was caught up in the controversy surrounding the convention being cancelled and she then released a public statement, stepping back temporarily from a leadership role to regroup.
''Black Girl Nerds''
''Black Girl Nerds'' initially started as a
Blogspot
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journal,
where Broadnax wrote about various topics, including her own
online dating
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experiences. In 2013,
Black Weblog Awards
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awarded ''Black Girl Nerds'' "Best Podcast". The community gradually became more mainstream, in particular after a