Bree Newsome

ABOUT BREE NEWSOME

Filmmaker and activist best known for her 2012 video "SHAKE IT LIKE AN ETCH-A-SKETCH!" which satirized presidential candidate Mitt Romney . She is also the frontman for the Charlotte-based band Powerhouse.

While still in high school, she won a $40,000 scholarship from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her animated short "THE THREE PRINCES OF IDEA."

She won a PSA contest sponsored by MTV and her alma mater the Tisch School of the Arts with her short "Your Ballot, Your Voice."

Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, she has been a staunch advocate for voting rights in the state.

She was interviewed by Amy Goodman after she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House.