Sparxs Studio founder and CEO Samenta Bruington (Photo by Jana Birchum) Samenta Bruington isn't just another California transplant. In fact, she hardly chose Austin at all. Bruington was all set for a career in Hollywood: taking classes, joining a union, and connecting with people and resources that could lead her to a stable income in the film industry. But against her will, Texas chose her, and now she's founded a new production house, Sparxs Studio, in Austin. Bruington's grandparents are responsible for sparking her love of film. "Turner Classic Movies, that whole catalog. A lot of white people that are dead now. But they were a part of the Black Screenwriters Guild of L.A. So I was also exposed to classic Black cinema as well," she said over Zoom, sitting under a framed poster of Spike Lee's