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Jul 5, 2021

Aisha Ford is an award-winning filmmaker studying as a 4th year grad film student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Over the past few years, she has written and directed short films that have broadcasted on platforms such as the American Black Film Festival Independent TV series and at multiple film...


Jul 5, 2021

Jahmela Yarbrough hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina!  She is a producer and actress, known for First, First (2014) and In-Between. She currently shares and executive role with her husband, Brandon Yarbrough, as the head of Yarbrough Studios. The studio's mission is:

WE ARE A TEAM OF VISIONARY FILMMAKERS FUELED BY...


Jul 5, 2021

B. Monét is a writer/director who graduated from Spelman College with a B.A. in English. She hails from Silver Spring, Maryland and holds an MFA from New York University in Film and Television with a concentration in writing and directing. In her films, she poses questions about identity, society, race, and culture. It...


Jul 5, 2021

Sade Oyinade and Deshawn Plair are a dynamic African-American female writing/producing team based in Los Angeles. 

Sade most recently was a Showrunner on the BET+ crime docu-series American Gangster: Trap Queens where Deshawn served as producer of one of the most popular episodes profiling Delrhonda “Big...


Jul 5, 2021

Kara Lee Corthron is a playwright, author, and TV writer based in Los Angeles. Her full-length plays include AliceGraceAnon (New Georges),  Holly Down in Heaven (Forum Theatre, DC area), Listen for the Light (Know Theatre of Cincinnati), Welcome to Fear City (CATF and Kansas City Rep, Kilroys' List 2016), Etched in Skin...