festival jury
Stefon Bristol
Sekiya Dorsett
Stefon Bristol
Stefon Bristol hails from New York with a distinctive voice in independent cinema. Inspired by his Guyanese heritage, his work blends genre storytelling with humanistic social commentary and cultural specificity. Bristol co-wrote and directed the time-travel movie See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, which premiered at Tribeca before
Stefon Bristol hails from New York with a distinctive voice in independent cinema. Inspired by his Guyanese heritage, his work blends genre storytelling with humanistic social commentary and cultural specificity. Bristol co-wrote and directed the time-travel movie See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, which premiered at Tribeca before launching on Netflix to critical acclaim. The film earned Certified Fresh and won Best First Feature Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. His latest dystopian thriller, Breathe, stars Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Common, and Sam Worthington. Bristol graduated from Morehouse College and earned his MFA in Film from New York University. IG: @stefonbristol
Luliane Childs
Sekiya Dorsett
Stefon Bristol
Lulaine Childs is the Co-owner of Street Team Productions. As a New York City native, he along with his friends decided to create a company that would make content that appealed to their demographic. Street Team is a New York City based company that creates entertainment content for different platforms. Currently, the company produces the
Lulaine Childs is the Co-owner of Street Team Productions. As a New York City native, he along with his friends decided to create a company that would make content that appealed to their demographic. Street Team is a New York City based company that creates entertainment content for different platforms. Currently, the company produces the Behind The Boards Podcast, Weed Smokers Anonymous Podcast, THC x NYC Web Series. Street Team is also distributing the Madan Sara documentary and N'AP Boule short film.
They are currently working on a documentary about Haiti titled Haiti 1974. It is about the journey of the 1974 Haiti World Cup team. Childs also served as Co-Executive Producer of the Madan Sara Documentary.
IG: @StreetTeamProductions
Sekiya Dorsett
Sekiya Dorsett
Sekiya Dorsett
Sekiya Dorsett is a GLAAD Award-winning filmmaker, educator, and founder of Seabreeze Media Inc. Her films center Black queer life, migration, memory, and liberation, earning international recognition. She is an Assistant Professor of Film at Hofstra University and mentors filmmakers.
IG: @sekiyadorsett
Nambi kelly
Gillian Isabelle
Sekiya Dorsett
Nambi E. Kelley is an award-winning playwright and television writer/producer. Television credits include Bel-Air, The Chi, Our Kind of People, and Lady in the Lake. Her plays, including Native Son and Toni Morrison's JAZZ, have been produced nationally and internationally.
IG: @nambi.e.kelley
Gillian Isabelle
Gillian Isabelle
Gillian Isabelle
Gillian Isabelle is an engineer, an entrepreneur and the owner of Renderyard. a film and music distribution company in Boston. She has spent many years working in intellectual property and licensing, and now brings that knowledge to her work at Renderyard.
IG: @renderyard
Lamar Richardson
Gillian Isabelle
Gillian Isabelle
Lamar Richardson is a 2x Tony®-winning producer and award-winning actor. He is the founder of Ivy Lion Productions. Select Broadway credits: Ragtime, Gypsy, Merrily We Roll Along, Appropriate. Columbia ’15.
IG: @lamarrichardson_
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