WAHNISH KEEPS ME FREE (IN DEVELOPMENT)

experimental hybrid, various mediums.

2024 Rooftop Films Filmmakers Camera Grant
2024 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) Nouveau Marché Recipient

WAKING UP FROM A DREAM (IN PRODUCTION)

experimental documentary, color and b&w, 2025

2021 Rooftop Films Filmmakers Camera Grant
Thessaloniki Intʼl Film Festival - Short to Feature Lab
HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab

 

Complete

as time passes

experimental short, 14min, color and b&w, mixed medium, 2022

Through journal entries, a mother’s words, neighborhood stories, and existential inquiries; one still searches for meaning beyond the walls of ones mind.

Cannes Directors Fortnight (World Premiere)
Museum of Modern Art PS1 ʻOpen Houseʼ (MoMA PS1) w/ SHASHA Movies
BAM Film 2024 ‘Most Powerful, a message to the Black Man’ w/ Alfreda’s Cinema
Available Works Book Fair Screening w/ AIRTIME.WORLD
New York Film Festival
Ajyal Film Festival, Doha Institute
Clermont-Ferrand Intʼl Short Film Festival (Jury Mention)
Atlanta Film Festival
Rooftop Films Summer Series
Rockaway Film Festival

GRAMERCY

narrative short, 22min, color and b&w, 1.85, 2020

Shaq, a young man grappling with depression, returns to his New Jersey hometown, where his exploration of grief and brotherhood transforms into the imagining of an inner life.

Locarno Film Festival (World Premiere)
Museum of Modern Art ‘By Any Means Necessary’
Clermont-Ferrand Intʼl Short Film Festival (Labo Competition Grand Prix Winner)
Telluride Film Festival
Chicago Intʼl Film Festival (Silver Hugo Winner)
BFI London Film Festival
Film Fest Ghent
Uppsala Intʼl Short Film Festival
Seminci - Valladolid Intʼl Film Festival
La Roche-sur-Yon Intʼl Film Festival
Vienna Shorts Film Festival

FALL RIVER

documentary short, 7min, color, 1.66, 2018

In the 19th century, Fall River, Massachusetts was one of the United States’ great economic success stories. In 2016, USA Today named it the fifth worst city to live in the entire country. Through the intimate reflections of one extraordinary woman, Fall River tells the story of a family’s tragedy, their once-thriving hometown, and how hope can blossom in unexpected places. In the search for closeness, for comfort, for history — what does it mean to be from somewhere?

THINGS I CARRY INTO THE WORLD

experimental, 3min, color and b&w, 2.40, 2016

Inspired by the work of four New York City poets, THINGS I CARRY INTO THE WORLD is an abstract meditation on the body, the feminine, the everyday realities of being young and black, and the fragile relationship between the manmade and the natural.