filmmaker. producer. storyweaver.
Media is a powerful tool to illuminate new possibilities of how we can shape our world.
I work with a small and robust team of media producers to tell authentic, community-oriented, character-focused stories. Whether it be narrative films, documentaries, or podcasts, my vision is to produce media that amplifies the voices and stories of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, young folx, and fellow artists & creators.
Offerings:
Story & script development
Storyboarding
Pre-Production
Directing / Producing / Editing + Post-Production
Social media strategy
Finding Our Way with Prentis Hemphill Podcast
Producer. Visual Design.
Finding Our Way is a conversation between Prentis Hemphill and activists, artists, and leaders to discuss how to realize the world we want through our own healing and transformation. This isn’t a podcast about answers. It is an exploration into ourselves, and the skills we need to create and embody the world we want. Throughout the first season, we’ll be diving into topics like embodiment, boundaries, harm, and creativity. It will be a space to share struggles, and mistakes, and distill some lessons learned from our journeys up to this point.
Finding Our Way hit Apple Podcasts Top 100 in its first week and has over 450K downloads to date. It is entering it’s third season in the Summer of 2022.
Remembering Our Mothers
Feature Documentary. In development - 2022
Producer.
Remembering Our Mothers is a documentary about the transformative power of remembering those who have died, and how our connection to them lives through relationships with ourselves, others, and our community.
Wa Na Wari
Documentary Short - 2021
Director. Producer.
Wa Na Wari, a Kalabari term meaning "Our Home," is the name of this community beacon in Seattle's Central District. Co-founders Inye Wokoma, Elisheba Johnson, Rachel Kessler, and Jill Freidberg established this gathering place for Black artists and neighbors. Through a cultural strategy of expression and performance, Wa Na Wari is preserving this neighborhood's legacy, history, and community.
Cafe Avolé
Documentary Short - 2018
Director. Producer.
Drawing on his heritage, Solomon Dubie converted the Rainier Valley convenience store he ran into an Ethiopian coffee shop steeped in community. Inspired by his mother's traditional brewing methods, the young entrepreneur realized his dream of opening an inviting café to preserve connections in the diverse and growing Rainier Beach neighborhood. In the complex Ethiopian coffee culture, "Avole," pronounced "ah-bohl," translates to that first strong cup of coffee.
No New Youth Jail #NNYJ
Music Video - 2018
Co-Producer. Director of Photography.
Written, directed, and produced by South End youth participating in WA-BLOC's Day of Social Action WA-BLOC [Washington Building Leaders of Change] Day of Social Action] this video was created as an anthem to stop the building of Seattle’s new youth jail.
Battle Grounds: the hard hits of female poppers
Documentary short - 2017
Director / Producer / Editor
Facing both isolation and sexism within the street dancing community, Angel [Moonyeka] Alviar-Langley decides to organize the first international dance battle for female-identified poppers in Seattle. What follows is a journey of powerful community building thru resilience and strength as over 50+ dancers from around the globe, including Korea, Japan, Netherlands and more, come to compete at What’s Poppin’ Ladiez.
