Co-founded Third World Cinema Corporation in 1971 with Ossie Davis, Diana Sands and Rita Moreno, among others, to make films with Black and Latino talent. The first film produced was "Claudine.".
Worked on a New York mayoral campaign for Fiorello La Guardia.
Heavily involved in New York City's leftist Democratic circles until she was hounded by the House Un-American Activities Committee because of her activism. She exiled herself in England where she became a prolific producer of television dramas.