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A Fed-Up Actress Says ‘Screw You, Hollywood’ With An Amazing Plan To Be The Change She Wants

This actress’ intense truth-telling moves me nearly to tears at 2:00, and she’s not even acting. She really shocks me at 2:30. And by 2:50, I start getting inspired as hell. Don’t miss her brave plan, and if you want to help her achieve it (and change the world, one film at a time), I…

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Check out a trailer for the movie, “Me + You,” on Kickstarter. Iyin is raising money to make this film on her own, and if you’d like to help her put more diverse faces and stories in our movie theaters, consider sharing this and donating by Sept. 21, 2013. No pressure, but I really want to see this movie!

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