Brian Chinhema

Brian Chinhema was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. Following high school at an All Boys boarding school, he took a carefree year to travel through Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand before going on to college. Upon his return home, he decided on the college he would attend, Missouri State University, by pointing at random to a point on the map of the U.S. Brian majored in finance hoping to be an investment banker, soon found he longed to do something more creative. One early morning, he woke up with an epiphany: he could take the safe route for the rest of his life or search for a career he would love. That same day, Brian set out for Miami, called his Realtor, put his house on the market, sold everything with the house except for his clothing and pictures, called his boss while on the road, and-while already eight hours away-quit his job. Though Brian came back a couple of weeks later to get some of his clothing and headed to California, figuring he'd be gone only a couple of weeks, it was another four years of adventure and travel before Brian finally made it back to pick up the rest of clothes from his friends basement. After arriving in San Diego, California, Brian decided to live in his car for a year. (It was a year later before he got an apartment.) Brian made friends with film and TV actors, which spurred his interest in the industry. Though he contemplated going to film school, he decided to invest instead in producing and directing his own film project. After meeting a White-identifying Caucasian-Asian biracial girl at a concert, Brian lit on the concept for "Multiracial Identity: The Movement," his passion-project. So he picked up and moved to the Northwest, where he figured there would be less distraction. While working a full-time day job, Brian set about completing the film.