00:00My name is Thais Francis.
00:06Very nice to meet you, Thais.
00:08Now, tell me, what encouraged you or inspired you to say,
00:11you know what, I'm going to submit my short film for this contest?
00:14You know what, I have to give a shout-out to my homegirl, Ajo.
00:17Mm-hmm.
00:18Ajo is the reason that I submitted my short film.
00:20She was like, check this out, and she texted it to me.
00:23Uh-huh.
00:24And then I saw the text, and I was like, I could totally do this.
00:26And I did it.
00:27And then I thought nothing of it because I was like, it's Essence,
00:30it's a national platform, you know?
00:32Uh-huh.
00:33And then here you are.
00:34Okay.
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