Jamaa Fanaka was the most prolific college filmmaker of all time. Once he left college he found Hollywood to not be so inclusive. He decided to fight The Industry with a series of lawsuits with the intention of making real change for minority filmmakers. And the only thing it would cost him was his career.
Filmmakers Zeinabu Davis, Lexi Alexander, and Maria Giese help tell this story along with Jamaa's attorney Irving Meyer.
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