CLIENTS
Equity at Work
ROLE: Director of Photography & Editor
ReWork the Bay is a powerful initiative committed to transforming the Bay Area’s workforce ecosystem by empowering workers, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and driving systemic change. The short film explores how this effort brings together leaders from diverse sectors who share a vision of an equitable future, working collaboratively to address the complex challenges faced by the region’s workers.
ROLE: Additional Camera
Part poetry, part memoir-style reflection and part prayer, PARAMITA bears witness to Pajna Choudhury’s 25-year coming out process with her traditional Bangladeshi mother. Told with intimacy, tenderness and a quiet power PARAMITA invites us into a meditation spiritual experience as Prajna connects with Buddhist practices and nature as gateways for intergenerational healing.
ROLE: Director of Photography
Sounds About White: The Untold Story of the DEI Expert provides an intimate look into the experience of Dr. Akilah Cadet during the global pandemic and “summer of allyship” that followed the murder of George Floyd, when her work as an expert in organizational development, change management, and DEI was suddenly booming.
ROLE: Co-Producer, Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Sound Design, Editor, & QWOCMAP Mentor
Line of Reverence is a short poetic film about a Ghanaian woman who communes with her ancestors during her day of devotion ritual.
ROLE: Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Editor, & QWOCMAP Mentor
To Glow at H.U.M. University is a short narrative about a queer Black student stows their powers from new classmates.
ROLE: Producer, Director, Cinematographer, & Editor
When The Garden Comes is a short documentary film that follows a Black multi-generational North Oakland family across themes of home, garden, and legacy.
ROLE: Post-Production Producer
On the Pulse of Life is a short experimental documentary by Emmy nominated filmmaker Jessica Jones that chronicles the birth justice movement in Alameda County, CA and celebrates new motherhood for Black women.
ROLE: Field Producer, BTS Photographer
Esé Pelo Tuyo (‘That hair of yours’) is an ongoing transmedia project about AfroLatinx hair styles and histories in collaboration with Kuthul Media and the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia.
Black High Tea (Short)
ROLE: Producer, Director, Cinematographer & Editor
Black High Tea is a short (soon to be feature-length) documentary about women of color that gather at intergenerational tea parties ranging in age from 6 - 97 years old. The documentary includes a brief history of high tea, interviews with women who have attended teas, and the point of view of the director's mother who has been hosting tea parties for over 15 years.
ROLE: Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Editor & QWOCMAP Mentor
Puke is about dormant habits that resurface for an overwhelmed Indigenous Chicana.
ROLE: Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Editor, & QWOCMAP Mentor
Punchline is about a young fat South Asian lesbian who muscles past pre-show nerves and stretches into her power and joy.
ROLE: Assistant Director, Cinematographer, Co-Editor & QWOCMAP Mentor
How To Respect Gender Pronouns is about a Black woman’s understanding of gender as it unfurls in wonder.
ROLE: Cinematographer, Co-Editor & QWOCMAP Mentor
Tuupash introduces NDN song and meaning through a looming stentatorian sky that births glowing resilience.
ROLE: Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor, & Actor
Take Care follows three heroic queer women of color that affirm mind, body, and spirit to take care of themselves.
In Her Eyes
ROLE: Producer, Director, Editor, & Actor
In Her Eyes is about a young woman courageously embracing her perceived flaws.
FILM FESTIVALS / EXHIBITS
Queer Women of Color Film Festival (San Francisco, CA), 2015 - 2024
Oakland International Film Festival (Oakland, CA), 2021
ClexaCon Film Festival, (Las Vegas, NV), 2019
Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival (Boston, MA), 2016 & 2018
Corvallis Queer Film Festival (Corvallis, OR), 2017
Brixton Reel Film Festival: Too Black Too Queer (London, UK), 2016
Xart Splitta Queer Shorts: A short film programe (Berlin, GER) 2016
Wotever DIY Film Festival, (London, UK), 2016
Collective Mind Film Festival, (Oakland, CA), 2016
JanRae Community Art Gallery, Black Love Art Show, (Oakland, CA), 2016
Gold Mind Gallery Collaborative Exhibit (Berkeley, CA), 2015
Jerry Adams Gallery Juried Student Art Exhibit, (Berkeley, CA), 2015
Betti Ono Gallery, Oakland Through Our Lens Exhibit (Oakland, CA), 2015
Til Death Do Us Part : All Lady Warrior Zine, Issues 1-4 (Oakland, CA), 2014
SWOOP Magazine, Issue 22 (Los Angeles, CA), 2012
Laband Art Gallery 1st Place Selection, Juried Student Art Exhibit (Los Angeles, CA), 2009-2012
Maison d'Afie Collection, Assistant Photographer for Ken Marchionno (Los Angeles, CA), 2011
Snapshot Scholar Competition 1st Place in Votes for Affliction is a Treasure (National), 2010