HONEY CHILE celebrates and inspires Black womxn over 40 to live abundantly and authentically. And we do this by creating and producing compelling content across TV, film, audio, and digital that centers the full, complicated lives of Black women like us because...

Being over 40 presents a new set of opportunities and fears. The conversations are different. We have a ton of wisdom and life experience. And we’re still vibrant. Ambitious. Messy. Full of desire. Still figuring things out and often just getting started. 

Between Felicia’s Pride work as a writer and producer in television and film and past roles in marketing and distribution and her extensive career in corporate strategy where she helped to build major brands, she and Ivy Grant plan to cultivate a real community of honeys, as we affectionately call them. We will develop and attract emerging and established talent, especially those who are honeys. And finance, produce, and distribute content in innovative ways. 

Because in the end, we want honeys to see themselves fully realized and the star of their own stories. 

Felicia Pride, Head Honey

Felicia Pride is a TV writer / producer and an award-winning filmmaker. She wrote on QUEEN SUGAR, GREY’S ANATOMY, and is currently a Co-Executive Producer on BEL-AIR. She’s developing the series adaptation of SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE for Amazon and has another series in development at Netflix. 

Felicia founded and runs HONEY CHILE, an independent media + production company catering to Black women 40+ and is the host of their recently-launched podcast IT’S GOOD OVER HERE, a followup to their twice NAACP Image Award-nominated podcast Chile, Please. HONEY CHILE currently has a series adaptation of THE DAYS OF AFREKETE set up at CBS Studios and is executive producing the Lifetime original series BLACK MAGICK, which Felicia is also writing.

In film, Felicia’s the writer and executive producer of REALLY LOVE, which debuted on Netflix and became a Top Ten Movie on the platform. Her features DEEPER and LIKE IT’S THE LAST are both in development at Universal. Her feature A SHORE OF THEIR OWN is in development at AGC Studios and she recently sold a high profile feature to Sony.

Felicia made her directorial debut with tender, an award-winning short film which aired on STARZ, and recently finished the festival circuit with LOOK BACK AT IT, a proof of concept for her directorial feature debut by the same name, which won the audience award at the BlackStar Film Festival and was nominated for an Humanitas Prize for screenwriting.

Felicia was a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow and a graduate of NBC's Writers on the Verge program as a comedy writer. 

Felicia’s career in media and entertainment has spanned almost twenty-five years. Prior to writing for the screen, her career included roles in marketing, distribution, impact, editorial, and education. From helping social justice organizations raise seven figures for media projects to assisting hundreds of filmmakers craft release strategies, Felicia is considered a “swiss army knife” because of her unique, multifaceted experience as a storyteller, marketer, and entrepreneur.  

Felicia Pride has helped thousands of writers and other storytellers thrive creatively, especially those who are marginalized, through her former platform The Create Daily. These days, she continues to support historically excluded storytellers through HONEY CHILE’s educational arm, The Sweet Build.

Dria Roland, Creative Executive

Driadonna Roland is a writer, producer and personality across platforms. Starting in newspaper journalism and traversing sports, media, and entertainment, her expertise lies in shepherding stories to life and protecting the creative vision of the brand, while creating content that resonates with audiences. Currently a creative executive within Paramount, she will blend content development, audience development and brand visibility in her role with HONEY CHILE. Prior to, she was an editor at industry-leading outlets including Complex, REVOLT, BuzzFeed, and NFL Network.

Dianne McGuire, Production Manager

Dianne McGuire is a seasoned production specialist with over 15 years industry experience. She began her career as production assistant crewing for indie films in NYC, and worked her way up the freelance production ladder on a myriad of educational, direct response and corporate media content. In her tenure as a freelance producer and production manager she's brought a great many projects from inception to completion across film, television, digital and audio mediums.