By Tiara Starks
Chung is a Peabody-award winning filmmaker with projects such as Plague at the Golden Gate for American Experience; Asian Americans for PBS. She also owns post-production facility Leading Flash Cuts with Walt Louie. Chung speaks about her experiences as an Asian-American independent filmmaker, navigating the industry, and how other WOC can do so too.
Read MoreAisha Amin is an NYC-based artist and filmmaker born in Nairobi, Kenya of Pakistani descent. Aisha’s work explores and highlights overlooked communities including those struggling with the presence of gentrification in their neighborhood.
Read MoreKayla Rodgers is a Los Angeles-based producer, journalist, and Founder of KSK Productions, LLC. Kayla has had many opportunities to produce for companies like CNN and CBS and recently produced the CNN documentary Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, recounting the racist massacre of the affluent renaissance black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Jada-Amina is a South Side Chicago born and based, Black Indigenous American writer, interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, cultural worker and musician. Their work is deeply committed to protecting Black children, women, of trans and queer Black life and ensuring they feel seen and heard.
Read MoreMaya Table is an incredibly skilled producer, content creator, and budding director based in Georgia and acts as the executive producer of her production company, Sam Frank Productions, named after her grandfather. Her production credits include producing music videos for Janelle Monae, Usher, Teyana Taylor, Travis Scott, Summer Walker and the Migos.
Read MoreCrystal Kayiza is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Her most recent film, See You Next Time, captures the intimate moments shared between a Chinese nail artist and her Black client in Brooklyn and was an official selection of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Read MoreJoyce Keokham is a writer and filmmaker based in NYC. As an intersectional storyteller, Joyce’s work primarily focuses on empowering underrepresented groups and shedding light on the complexities in identity often ignored by mainstream media. Their latest project, WYA WYD offers a fresh new perspective on the NYC hustle through a vibrant array of characters.
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