Mimi Valdés and Nina Yang Bongiovi Launch Production Company Fly Green Socks, Focused on Hip-Hop Narratives in Film (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAngelique Jackson Award-winning producers Mimi Valdés and Nina Yang Bongiovi are teaming up for a new venture, Fly Green Socks, a multicultural media company focused on producing hip-hop narratives in film. “Hip-hop is a culture defining superpower, influencing fashion, technology and even politics.
But it’s severely underrepresented in Hollywood as its own film genre,” Valdés and Yang Bongiovi said in a statement announcing their partnership. “Our goal with Fly Green Socks is to create a new lane of films dedicated to uplifting the hip-hop ecosystem.” According to an IFPI survey, over 1.85 billion people worldwide listen to hip-hop.
The co-founders added: “With hip-hop celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, there’s a goldmine of untapped stories for us to champion with innovative filmmakers.
We look forward to using our combined experience and deep relationships in music and film to deliver high-quality storytelling that impacts culture.” Valdés and Yang Bongiovi first met while producing “Dope,” the indie darling that debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.
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