Writer/Director • Educator
FILMS
CREATIVE DIRECTION + PHOTOGRAPHY




THEATER

Dreamgirls (Promo Video)
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WRITING
Working Paper: Academic
“ ‘They Call Us Dirty Cause We Break All Your Rules Now’ — Janelle Monáe: An Afrofuturistic, Counter-Hegemonic Auteur” (2020)
A textual analysis of the visual and sociopolitical meaning in various pieces of the transmedia body of work of Janelle Monáe.
Working Paper: Academic
“To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before—Gender in Star Trek: Discovery” (2021)
An excerpt from a broad analysis of particular streaming services, embracing the gender expansive representations present in programming.
Pilot Script + Series Outline
Onyx and the Chronicle of the Seers
A genre-bending Afrofuturistic Series. Here is the matrilineal tale of the tumultuous intergalactic journey of rebirth, empathy, and the power of memory, where our characters must look back at their history in order to understand the present.
Click the button below to see our progress on a proof-of-concept film!
Episodic Script (Dramedy)
Episode 102 of Sidewalks
A sequel to my beloved award-winning 28 minute short, Sidewalks, a proof of concept for series. We meet the characters again and see them through some more millennial/Gen-Z issues.
Click the button below to watch Sidewalks!
Short Essay: Academic
“Mother of George and Black Panther: Two Masterclasses in Visual Language”
(2021)
An analysis of a few poignant cinematographic moments in created by DPs Bradford Young and Rachel Morrison.
Short Opinion Piece
Oscars and Opportunity: Why Recognition of Actors of Color is Important
A short Op-Ed on the importance of representation in Hollywood.
VIDEOJOURNALISM
Internship at CNN Documentary Unit
(Transcribing, Background Research, Fact-checking, Pulling Footage)
