We have a gem in the house—Mel Jones is a multi-talented producer, writer and director. The Howard University alum holds a Bachelor of Science in Radio, Television and Film and later earned her Master of Fine Arts in Producing at the American Film Institute. Mel worked for Stephanie Allain’s Homegrown Pictures for 8 years and rose through the ranks serving as the President of Production for 5 years. She produced a film each year of her tenure. Jones’ credits include Sundance Film Festival hits, such as Justin Simien’s Dear White People and Gerard McMurray’s Burning Sands. Subsequent films include Netflix original film Juanita starring Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood and The Weekend starring Sasheer Zamata and Y'lan Noel which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Most recently, she served as director on Hulu's recently launched Initiative 29 in collaboration with Disney+ and ESPN+'s Black History Always, two new initiatives to tell and share more Black stories all year round. Jones is also in development on her feature film debut Us Again to be produced by Confluential Films.Mel made her directorial debut at Sundance with “Leimert Park,” a MACRO/Homegrown Pictures digital series and also produced for them the feature film Really Love which debuted at SXSW and AFI in 2020 which we will be talking more about today.  Let's dig into Mel's backstory, shall we?

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