FILMMAKER
I am a freelance writer, director, and cinematographer based in Seattle, WA. I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing with a Minor in The Black Body in Western Cinema from Knox College.
VANISHING SEATTLE: QUEER THE LAND
A short film, in collaboration with Vanishing Seattle, documenting the work of Queer The Land, a housing-justice org that seeks to create community spaces and transitional housing for queer, transgender, and Two-Spirit Black/ indigenous/ people of color through cooperative land ownership and labor.
BEARING WITNESS: THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON BLACK LGBTQIA PEOPLE
Performance art piece originated at Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center tracing the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic from Namibia to Ethiopia: my Fatherland to my Motherland, before framing the loss on all sides within my own experience.
DOM
DOM is a Virtual Reality Documentary that invites us into the world of "Evana", a professional dominatrix. DOM allows us to experience her day as we explore the politico-social state of black female sexuality and power dynamics in America today.
SAVI
When a devoted Kenyan husband surprises his new Black-American wife with an adorable kitten, neither are prepared for the destruction it wields upon their home, their life, and ultimately, their marriage.