Netflix Executive of Carolina Garcia

Happy 2022!

Hi all! Larry David would argue late January is too late to wish you a happy new year, but I ah, I disagree! I most certainly hope this email finds you, wherever you may be, healthy/thriving/surviving and drinking lots of water. Dry January, right? I lasted 3 days.

So 2022...what's in store for you? I am planning to pop up in your inbox a bit more frequently this year, so get ready!Yesterday, the feature I helped produce HONK FOR JESUS, SAVE YOUR SOUL premiered at Sundance!

While we were all bummed we couldn't bask in the magical energy of a packed theater in Park City, it's great to know it's out there, doing it's thang. Special shoutout to producer Kara Durrett for bringing me on the ride!

The mockumentary style film written and directed by Adamma Ebo stars Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown as a husband and wife team behind a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church who attempt to rebuild their congregation amidst a personal scandal. Here's a great Q&A with them if you missed it!

Pod episodes will be slower this year as I adjust to my new and exciting role as the Executive in Charge of Production at Issa Rae's HOORAE Media and ColorCreative! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I’m still pinching myself....Sooooo, I wanna hear from you...what producers do YOU want to hear from? Whose journey are you dying to know more about?

Reply here and let me know.And hey, thanks for doing this life thing with me...

-Carolina

HIGHLIGHT EPISODE

Carolina Garcia is the Director of Original Series at Netflix. This was one of my favorite conversations from last year thanks to Caro's willingness to show up and be real about the struggle...like navigating impostor syndrome.

She oversees some of Netflix's top Overall Deal talent, including The Duffer Brothers, Brian Yorkey, Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, Archewell, Shawn Levy's 21 Laps, Mara Brock Akil and Marti Noxon, to name a few.She oversees shows such as Stranger Things, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Atypical, Raising Dion, the upcoming Echoes from Brian Yorkey. 

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PRODUCER'S CORNER

LISTEN

Producer Karin Chien's Keynote at Sundance Film Festival 2022

Thank you to Karin for this incredibly timely and vital speech where she encourages the industry to question, "What would it look like to value producers?"

READ

Carefree Black Girls  by Zeba Blay

I wish I could make it required reading for all. I really hope pick this up, and when you do, I wanna know what resonates with you!

DISCOVER

On how Issa Rae's Awkward Black Girl changed the game for people of color and launched the Raevolution.  

WATCH

An absolutely exquisite and necessary work of art humanizing refugees. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.

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