An African-American woman is going viral after creating her movie studio.
As CBS46 reports, Tammy Williams took a major risk and invested in a movie studio.
“Let’s just use the garage, so we pulled the cars out, hung lights from the ceiling, repainted, used a green screen and shot our first show,” Williams explained to CBS46. “We learned the value of using what is in your hand, your resources, what’s around you. Sometimes we have the answers right in front of us, but we overlook them.”
After two years, Williams and her husband purchased a warehouse and created Open Rivers Pictures, where they shoot film, TV and digital productions. “Moving out of our garage into our own studio was surreal,” she said. “When we started shooting, it was exciting, it was a lot of hard work to convert a warehouse.”
As a result, Williams became the first black woman to own her own studio and post-production facility in Georgia. “It’s one of those things I didn’t necessarily think about,” she said. “You’re just trying to fulfill a vision, you’re trying to do everything that’s on your heart to do, so if along the way you’re the first, you’re like, great, I hope I’m helping open doors for other people who want to open a studio.”
So what’s next for the entrepreneur? Giving more people jobs.
“I always said I want to give people jobs, I want to help people find jobs and that’s always been in the back of my head,” she said. “To see people are getting jobs because of a little something I’ve done…the greater need of our country and telling stories that will have an positive impact pushes me, seeing others fulfilling their dream, that pushes me, being able to share and realize there is enough for everybody.”
Georgia’s film industry is booming. Recently, the never before seen in Hollywood.
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