Episode 210: Me + You + Art + Wellness with Marlea Edwards

Greetings Glocal Citizens!
I’m back in Accra and it’s HOT and HUMID, but thankfully not so dusty--I’ve successfully evaded the Harmattan! A significant contrast to the environs for my guest this week who dials in from her hometown of London, England. Raised between London and Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica, Aruba and Donimica, Marlea Edwards was drawn to the creative arts from theatre to photography, storytelling, mythology and anthropology from an early age. She is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary creative artist and creative consultant with a key focus on visual storytelling and connecting to audiences. She is CEO and founder of Me + You Films, a boutique production company. As a global, independent professional creative director, producer, director, writer, filmmaker, and edit producer, her early career and work includes working on award-winning BBC shows like Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and Eastenders 25 Live, to the London 2012 Olympic Games, London and New York Fashion week and Lenny Kravitz’s Strut Tour. Other Brands and Clients include Endemol, BBC, Tom Ford and Tom Ford Beauty, Gucci, DVF, Kohl’s, FarFetch, Lush Cosmetics, Preen and ITN Productions. Her latest project, Garms: Black Culture's Influence on British Fashion (https://youtu.be/9wnbOFO6lds?si=eZz_tvYQX1O2EgyK), a one-off documentary deep dive into the world of Black British fashion and culture premiers this week on Wednesday, February 21st.
Currently writing and freelancing for award-winning brands and production companies, her own and others, when she’s not working with commercial clients she creates artwork with an African spiritualist theme focused on the female form.
Where to find Marlea?
marleaedwards.com (https://www.marleaedwards.com)
On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marlea-edwards-93790012/)
On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/marleamarl/?hl=en)
On Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/marleaedwardsxmeandyou)
On Twitter (https://twitter.com/MarleaEdwards)
On IMDb (= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4237999/?ref_=nmbio_ov)
What’s Marlea listening to?
André 3000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_3000)
Cleo Sol (https://cleo-sol.com)
Sampha (https://www.sampha.com)
What’s Marlea watching?
One Day on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/81256740?source=35)
Champion on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/gh/title/81478663?source=35)
Dreaming Whilst Black (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreaming_Whilst_Black)
Other topics of interest:
About Queens Park, London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Park,_London)
About Wembley, UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley)
About Prospect Park, Brooklyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_Park_(Brooklyn))
About Miss Lou, Jamaican poet laureate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bennett-Coverley)
the london stage school (https://thelondonstageschool.co.uk/#:~:text=london%20stage%20school-,The%20london%20stage%20school%20is%20an%20exciting%20part%2Dtime%20theatre,at%20the%20london%20stage%20school.%22)
Who are Key Workers in the UK? (https://features.naht.org.uk/keyworkers/index.html)
BET UK’s Cicela Deane (https://www.televisual.com/news/deane-in-as-commissioning-exec-at-bet-uk/)
London Fashion Week (https://londonfashionweek.co.uk)
About Bianca Saunders (https://biancasaunders.com/pages/about)
About Martine Rose (https://martine-rose.com/en-int)
About Tolu Coker (https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers/tolu-coker)
About Labrum (https://labrumlondon.com)
About Althea McNish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_McNish)
Liberty London (https://www.libertylondon.com)
About Nicholas Daley (https://nicholasdaley.net)
Priya Ahluwalia (https://ahluwalia.world/pages/about)
Cortez Streetwear (https://cortezco.co/pages/about-cortezco)
Windrush then and now (https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/windrush-scandal-and-compensation-scheme/)
4 -7 - 8 Breathing (https://www.healthline.com/health/4-7-8-breathing#Other-techniques-to-help-you-sleep)
Special Guest: Marlea Edwards.

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

I’m back in Accra and it’s HOT and HUMID, but thankfully not so dusty--I’ve successfully evaded the Harmattan! A significant contrast to the environs for my guest this week who dials in from her hometown of London, England. Raised between London and Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica, Aruba and Donimica, Marlea Edwards was drawn to the creative arts from theatre to photography, storytelling, mythology and anthropology from an early age. She is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary creative artist and creative consultant with a key focus on visual storytelling and connecting to audiences. She is CEO and founder of Me + You Films, a boutique production company. As a global, independent professional creative director, producer, director, writer, filmmaker, and edit producer, her early career and work includes working on award-winning BBC shows like Top Gear, Strictly Come Dancing and Eastenders 25 Live, to the London 2012 Olympic Games, London and New York Fashion week and Lenny Kravitz’s Strut Tour. Other Brands and Clients include Endemol, BBC, Tom Ford and Tom Ford Beauty, Gucci, DVF, Kohl’s, FarFetch, Lush Cosmetics, Preen and ITN Productions. Her latest project, Garms: Black Culture's Influence on British Fashion, a one-off documentary deep dive into the world of Black British fashion and culture premiers this week on Wednesday, February 21st.

Currently writing and freelancing for award-winning brands and production companies, her own and others, when she’s not working with commercial clients she creates artwork with an African spiritualist theme focused on the female form.

Where to find Marlea?

marleaedwards.com

On LinkedIn

On Instagram

On Vimeo

On Twitter

On [IMDb](= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4237999/?ref_=nmbio_ov )

What’s Marlea listening to?

André 3000

Cleo Sol

Sampha

What’s Marlea watching?

One Day on Netflix

Champion on Netflix

Dreaming Whilst Black

Other topics of interest:

About Queens Park, London

About Wembley, UK

About Prospect Park, Brooklyn

About Miss Lou, Jamaican poet laureate

the london stage school

Who are Key Workers in the UK?

BET UK’s Cicela Deane

London Fashion Week

About Bianca Saunders

About Martine Rose

About Tolu Coker

About Labrum

About Althea McNish

Liberty London

About Nicholas Daley

Priya Ahluwalia

Cortez Streetwear

Windrush then and now

4 -7 - 8 Breathing

Special Guest: Marlea Edwards.