An interactive web series highlighting
​the decisions faced by women of color in Los Angeles.

Funded by The Challenge of Diversity (a partnership of Eko Studio, Games for Change, and Tribeca Film Festival).

Episodes

Join Miranda, a spunky latch-key kid, as she faces the highs and lows of high school immigrant life as a Latina in LA.

Watch Ep. 1

Follow Fati, a quick witted Middle Eastern nursing student on a walk to get supplies for her sister as her path gets complicated.

Watch Ep. 2

Guide Yetunde, a pop culture enthusiast & certified nerd through her first review since her promotion at a Venice tech company.

Watch Ep. 3

"Downtown Browns engages viewers with game-driven storytelling techniques."
-Creator's Project  

"The creators showed a strength in compelling storytelling and character, and put substantial thought into how the interactivity behaves within the story."
-Business Wire

"The storytelling technique is also intriguing and captures the viewer from the first frame."
-Welker Media

"How do we move forward right now, when the world is becoming so hostile to the things we care about? Downtown Browns ... provides a creative tool for conversations around racism, islamophobia, immigration, discrimination, and self-determination in the months to come."
- Mask Magazine

Shoutouts on Rookie Mag, VOA News, USC Games, Eko Platform

Academic Accolades

Allied Media Conference, 2016 - Interactive Videos as a Tool of Diversity

Queer Games Conference, 2017 - Downtown Browns: Diversifying Interactive Media and Mapping Oppression

South Bay Conference on Gender, 2017 - Mapping Oppression in Women Players, GameDevs, and Characters

Academic Companion: Downtown Browns: Interactive Web Series, Intersectionality and Intimacy, pub. Henry Jenkins.