Rising Star Russell Brown: “Diversity in entertainment is so important because stories can build empathy between communities”

…I think stories can build empathy between communities; I think young people need positive role models, especially if they are living in areas where it’s difficult to find people like them; and I think diversity onscreen can promote diversity behind the cameras, which opens doors and opportunities for those who otherwise might not have them.

I had the pleasure to interview filmmaker Russell Brown. Russell is currently editing Loren and Rose starring Jacqueline Bisset and Kelly Blatz, featuring Gia Carides, Erin Cahill and Paul Sand. The film wrapped principal photography in May, 2019. He is also completing post-production on two nonfiction films — a short conceptual documentary entitled The 44 Scarves of Liza Minnelli and Above the Arroyo: A Dream of the Stairs of Los Angeles, a feature length art installation which includes a live performance component. His most recently exhibited film — a mid-length documentary entitled The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market — had its festival premiere at the 21st Dances with…