We Strangers is the first feature film written and directed by Anu Valia, a fast-rising Hollywood writer and director known for She-Hulk, Lucia Before and After, and Afterparty. The film was produced by Pigasus Pictures, Winggate Media, and Irony Point. This film explores how women, particularly those marginalized due to class and race, navigate the daily challenges and uncomfortable situations that arise when living paycheck to paycheck in America.
We Strangers premiered at SXSW in March 2024, won the Grand Jury Award at Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), and received rave reviews by Variety and Indiewire. The film is currently seeking a film buyer for distribution.
Flourish believes that helping shape a fair financial system depends on customers’ knowledge, expectations, and comfort with managing their finances. And with today’s conversations taking place largely online, through streaming movies, and across social media platforms at a phenomenal rate, the stories being told and the advice being given are creating lasting impressions.
Haley Sacks gained popularity through her social media presence on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. She covers everything from how to avoid overspending during wedding season to how to talk about money and retirement with your parents.
Sacks was named to the Fortune "40 Under 40 in Media and Entertainment,” a “Creator of The Year” by Adweek, and The Wall Street Journal called her the “Financial Guru Millennials Listen To.”
See Mrs. Dow Jones on Instagram and TikTok.
At the onset of the pandemic Aaron Henkin alongside our production partners at Archer Gray and Process Media mailed iPhones to have small business owners across the country document their own experience running truly small businesses in their communities during COVID from Charleston, West Virginia to the International District in Seattle and many blocks in between.
The documentary premiered on Maryland Public Television in October 2021.
This comedic podcast is hosted by X Mayo (The Blackening, The Daily Show, Swarm) and produced by Lemonada Media. Episodes drop every Thursday and feature conversations with reality stars, entrepreneurs, and financial experts who get real with her about their relationship with money. You can listen to The Dough on Apple podcasts, and Spotify, Amazon.
The Dough was launched in the fall of 2023 landing at #11 overall on Apple Podcasts and #1 in the Business category. Amazon selected The Dough as a Top Podcast of 2023, “Ones to Watch.”
