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Mara Brock Akil
American screenwriter and television producer (born 1970)
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Mara Brock Akil (born May 27, 1970) is an American television writer and producer. She began her screenwriting career at age 23 on South Central (1994) on Fox. At age 30, she became the youngest African American showrunner on broadcast network television when she created the sitcom Girlfriends, airing on UPN (2000–06) and its successor The CW (2006–08), and is the first African American female showrunner to have two series concurrently on broadcast network TV when she created its spin-off The Game on The CW (2006–09) before its revival on BET (2011–15).
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🇺🇸 Mara Brock Akil Talks Creating Room “For More Voices, For Fuller Humanity, For Stories That Once Waited Quietly At The Margins” As She Accepts PGA’s Norman Lear Achievement AwardWhile accepting the Norman Lear Achievement Award at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday night, Mara Brock Akil reflected on lessons she’s taken fr...
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