Shorts, Features, Books, and Collaborations
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The Periscopic Gaze
Documentary Short
Damn Y’all Fine
Documentary Short
Mediated Misogynoir
Manuscript
Lessons Learned
Feature Film
Featured Projects
The Periscopic Gaze
An intimate documentary short exploring the ancestral survival strategies Black women use to navigate and fully live in a world that is hostile to Black female life. This intimate documentary short is inspired by a theory developed in my dissertation, Living With Death: Black American Trauma in the Age of the Spectacular. If trauma lives…
Damn Y’all Fine
A journey into the self-stylings of Baltimore’s Black queer artists and activists, Damn Y’all Fine explores how living in Baltimore influences the way Black queer folx express their gender and sexual identities. This project is inspired by Ti Malik’s current gender identity journey. As he navigates Baltimore’s Black queer community, Ti Malik is constantly inspired…
Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and Girls’ Innocence in the Public Imagination.
My first full-length manuscript was released in July 2022. It is available everywhere in hardcover and ebook. To purchase, follow these links:https://tinyurl.com/yckk6pavhttps://tinyurl.com/7s74tmye Abstract: To be considered innocent is to be viewed as vulnerable to harm and worthy of protection from harm. An innocent person’s pain is recognized, acknowledged, and addressed. Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and…
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Lessons Learned
My second feature-lengthed film was produced by my former company, Kubla Khan Productions. It premiered in 2010 in Baltimore and screened across the state from 2010-2012. Set in Baltimore, Lessons Learned explores a rash of serial killings in the gay community of Mt. Vernon. Each victim is left with a numbered “lesson” carved into his…
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