Arise Firebird tells the stories of three Women of Color who were pushed out of the corporate world due toxic racism, sexism, how they work through their trauma and how they rebuilt their CAREERS & LIVES on their own terms… doing work that inspires them, makes income and makes a impact.

Arise Firebird shares the Experience, Healing & Joy found in Women of Color coming together and supporting each other.

Arise Firebird casts light on the courage of those pushing back against these abuses. These revealing stories unearth the reality of the difficult decision to “grin and bear it” made by so many professional Black and Brown Women facing abuse at work. And that there is hope!

Meet the Filmmaker

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.