Just A Rebel
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Just A Rebel is a production company focusing on Television and Film that shifts the culture forward.

We are home to the fearlessly creative; those who are unabashedly specific, ethnic, and other. We tell contemporary stories that express the joy, the genius, the absurd.

With our content we create the world we seek without filters, sans a code switch so that culture can be completely unbound.

Just A Rebel makes content by any means necessary and is never afraid to REBEL.

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Peabody Award nominated producer Aaliyah Williams is the founder of Just A Rebel, a television and film production company that focuses on contemporary stories that center and celebrate Black women. Most recently, she produced MACRO’s feature film Really Love, the romantic drama starring Kofi Siriboe, Uzo Aduba, Mack Wilds, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, and Michael Ealy. The film won a Special Jury Recognition for Acting at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and debuted in the top 10 films on Netflix.

Just A Rebel’S PROJECTS include the one-hour drama adaptation of Sadeqa Johnson’s novel, Second House from the Corner; Kimberly Nicole Walker’s dark comedy Tight; and Tiffany Johnson’s feature film The Last Class, aslo written by  Walker with Marsai Martin attached to star and produce through her Genius Productions. Williams is also an Executive Producer of Valerie C. Woods’ television adaptation of the romance novel A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon, Erika Johnson’s one hour drama The Bottoms, and Julie Mandel Folly’s ONE hour dramedy Safe Space. Just A Rebel’s first look deal with CBS Television Studios  has been renewed for a second year with several projects in development. 

Previously, Williams ran The Digital Studio at MACRO, where she developed and produced GENTEFIED which was acquired by and adapted as a half hour for Netflix. Williams is an Executive Producer on the series which just wrapped production on Season 2 and received a Peabody Award nomination for Season 1.  She also serves as Executive Producer on Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier's half hour series BIRTH OF COOL at BET+.  As CCO she co-created the MACRO Episodic Lab with the Black List’s Franklin Leonard.  Additionally, she developed and produced 2018 Sundance selection LEIMERT PARK which is currently streaming on BET+

Originally from Arkansas and Oklahoma, Williams graduated from Harvard and is a Film Independent Project:Involve, Sundance (3 times) and active Ron Brown Scholar alumna.

PRESS: STRATEGIC HEIGHTS MEDIA | SIMONE SMALLS & MICHELLE HUFF ELLIOTT | 212.634.7176

AGENCY: ICM PARTNERS | TV: HOWIE TANENBAUM | FILM: BRYAN DIPERSTEIN | 310.550.4000

MANAGEMENT: RAIN MANAGEMENT GROUP | ANNE DAMATO | 310.954.9520

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