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Education
2001 BA, Print Journalism; Florida International University, Miami, FL
Short Films
2019 Drowning by Sunrise, 9 min, Director/Reporter/Producer
2019 T, 14 min, Creative Producer
2015 Dolfun, 8 min, Producer
2015 Swimming In Your Skin Again, 26 min, Creative Producer
2014 Papa Machete, 14 min, Concept Developer, Writer, Producer, Composer
Selected Screenings and Exhibitions
2022 Foggy Windows, slow dance party/multimedia installation, P.5 - Prospect New Orleans
2020-21 T, Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale, AFI, BlackStar Film Festival, The Whitney
2019 Drowning by Sunrise, TheIntercept.com
2015-16 Dolfun, Sundance Film Festival
2015-16 Swimming In Your Skin Again, Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance Film Festival
2014-15 Papa Machete, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, Sheffield Doc Festival, Museum of the
African Diaspora, NationalGeographic.com, TheAtlantic.com, Salon.com
Selected Awards
2020 T, Golden Bear for Best Short Film - Berlinale
2020 Drowning by Sunrise, First in Directing & Investigative Reporting, Green Eyeshade Awards
2015 Papa Machete, Best Short Film - Zanzibar Int’l Film Festival
Film Programming/Curation
2016-21 Festival Director & Co-Founder, Third Horizon Film Festival, Miami, FL
2021 Programming Partner, “We Outside” short film program, P.5 - Prospect New Orleans
2019 Creative Director, Caribbean Film Series, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
2018 Curator, “Sign and More Sign”, Caribbean film program at Berlin Biennale, Germany
Published Essays
2019 Dancing through the Apocalypse: Considering the Future through the Caribbean’s
Past, Introductory essay in “The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary
Caribbean Art”, Exhibition Catalogue at Pérez Art Museum Miami
Residencies / Development Platforms / Fellowships
2019 Ford Foundation/Rockwood Leadership Institute JustFilms Fellow
2020 SFFILM Westridge Screenwriting Fellowship - Untitled Opa-locka Project
2021 Sundance Producers Summit - Untitled Opa-locka Project
2021 Doc Society New Perspectives Fellowship - The First Plantation