Arise Firebird tells the stories of three women of color who experience toxic racism and sexism in the workplace, the mental and physical toll of microaggressions, how they work through their trauma, and how they rebuilt their careers and their lives. Too many Black and brown women simply “grin and bear it.” This film shows: there is another path, and there is hope. These women are now working on their own terms and doing work that inspires them and makes an impact.
Director of Arise Firebird Jimi Okubanjo joins AWIS as she explores why she changed the film’s title, reporting information for those in a toxic workplace, her healing process and more!
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Across her 20-year career working in leadership roles with Global Fortune 100 corporations, Jimi Okubanjo delivered transformations in 14 countries and four continents with over 200 leaders. Jimi produced the documentary ARISE FIREBIRD due to her deep multi-industry experience and her first-hand knowledge of what senior and experienced female leaders of color often face in the workplace.
Jimi’s experience in the corporate world was one in which trauma was normalized and internalized. After a wide variety of traumatic experiences, which ranged from having my credentials minimized to being harassed and told that “they should have hired a white man to do your job” and placed in physically dangerous situations.