film

prophesy

TRT: 16 minutes

Written and produced in 2020, prophesy is a short film that speaks to the colliding pandemics of the moment, the histories that got us there and a hope for the future world we build beyond it.

Roles: Screenwriter, Co-Director, Co-Producer & Actor

Notable Screenings: Hayti Heritage Film Festival (2021), Detroit Narrative Agency Ethic and Aesthetics Series (2021), North Carolina Museum of Art (2021)

Eat Art

TRT: 6 minutes without interviews | 13 minutes including post-credit interviews

“Eat Art tackles the art world inequity of not properly paying artists for their work. Too often artists are offered exposure instead of payment. Using an absurdist lens, this film highlights these inequities, shares artists' stories, and points to a different, more sustainable future.” - Art Ain’t Innocent Website

Role: Director, Story Consultant

Black Genius, Breathe

In 2020, Derrick Beasley and I, under the moniker “Yellow Hat Productions”, were contracted by Village of Wisdom to create an affirmational video for Black students starting school. We conceived the story and wrote the script using quotes from parents in the organization. All of the actors are community members in their actual professions.

Role: Co-Director, Co-writer, Voice-over Coach

monumental

“monumental is an experimental documentary about toppled statues, Southern history, the legacy of names, the resilience of bricks, the power of poetry, the definition of patriotism, hidden family trees and segregated cemeteries. There is no static history. It lives on, layered in the landscape, painted on the brick mills. Through investigating the ripples of the words and deeds of local postbellum industrialist Julian Shakespeare Carr, paradoxically called “the most generous white supremacist,” and reenacting scenes from the childhood of Pauli Murray, an unsung civil and women’s rights activist, the film scratches away at surfaces of stories about Durham, North Carolina.” - Director Sarah Riazati’s website

Roles: Consulting producer, casting director & Co-director of re-enactment scenes

Awards & Features: Princess Grace Award for Film (2018), Oxford American (2019), Duke Magazine (Winter 2018 Issue)

Van Sanctuary

TRT: 11 minutes

“This charming and humorous film, a very unofficial ice cream van rolls into a church parking lot and a young immigrant seeking sanctuary is pitted against a Southern pastor. Filmmaker Saleem Reshamwala is not only a talented director, but also a mentor for CAAM and New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC)’s inaugural THE SAUCE Fellowship, which supports diverse filmmakers from the American South.” - CAAMfest Website

Roles: Story consultant and production assistant

Notable Screenings: CAAMfest (2021), New Orleans Film Festival (2021)