Brittany Ann Byuarm "Bree" Newsome Bass is an American filmmaker,
musician, speaker, and activist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is
best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when
she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South
Carolina state house grounds in the aftermath of the Charleston
Shooting. The resulting publicity put pressure on state officials to
remove the flag, and it was taken down permanently on July 10,
2015.Newsome attended Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland.
In 2003, she was named one of the "20 Coolest Girls in America" by YM
magazine. While still in high school, Newsome created a short animated
film for which she won a college scholarship. She studied film at New
York University's Tisch School of the Arts.Her film Wake has won
numerous awards, including the Outstanding Independent Short Film
award in the Black Reel Awards of 2012 and the Best Short Film at the
BET Urban World Film Festival. It has been screened at many film
festivals including the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival in France,
the New York International Latino Film Festival, and the Montreal
International Black Film Festival. Newsome was the first
African-American undergraduate to be nominated for the prestigious
Wasserman Award (Spike Lee having won the award as a graduate
student).
musician, speaker, and activist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is
best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when
she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South
Carolina state house grounds in the aftermath of the Charleston
Shooting. The resulting publicity put pressure on state officials to
remove the flag, and it was taken down permanently on July 10,
2015.Newsome attended Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland.
In 2003, she was named one of the "20 Coolest Girls in America" by YM
magazine. While still in high school, Newsome created a short animated
film for which she won a college scholarship. She studied film at New
York University's Tisch School of the Arts.Her film Wake has won
numerous awards, including the Outstanding Independent Short Film
award in the Black Reel Awards of 2012 and the Best Short Film at the
BET Urban World Film Festival. It has been screened at many film
festivals including the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival in France,
the New York International Latino Film Festival, and the Montreal
International Black Film Festival. Newsome was the first
African-American undergraduate to be nominated for the prestigious
Wasserman Award (Spike Lee having won the award as a graduate
student).
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