His latest documentary, SUPPRESSED: THE FIGHT TO VOTE, tells the story of rampant voter suppression in Georgia’s 2018 midterm elections. At Brave New Films, Greenwald has directed and produced gripping full-length documentaries and exposés, as well as shorter documentary films and videos. The group’s movies and videos have been screened around the world and viewed over tens of millions of times and counting. Brave New Films distributes its work for free through social media and in concert with nonprofit partners and movements. Robert Greenwald is president of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film company that he founded after a career in commercial television and film to motivate and educate viewers on the most pressing issues of the day.
Faylita received an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada University and she is currently at work on a multimedia project about pretrial incarceration and immigrant detention in the Southwest. Her creative work has been featured in American Poetry Review, the Cincinnati Review, Huffpost, Longreads, Poetry Magazine, Slate, Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, and others. The former Editor-in-Chief of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, author of HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry. Faylita is a Black poet, essayist, and interdisciplinary artist. Since her release, she has been dedicated to changing the system and helping others raise their voices through her activism, writing and oral performances. Unable to cover bail, she spent 45 days in jail. Because she was homeless, she never received the notice to appear in court.
The police discovered there was a warrant for a bounced check at a Texas grocery store, worth $25. During a period of homelessness, Faylita Hicks was arrested after the car in which she was living broke down.
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