THE DADS: In this gentle meditation on fatherhood, brotherhood and manhood, five fathers of trans children join Dennis Shepard – the father of slain gay college student Matthew Shepard – for a weekend fishing trip in rural Oklahoma. Nominated for a 2024 Daytime Emmy® Award: Outstanding Short Form Program! GLAAD Special Recognition Award. World Premiere SXSW, BFI Flare-London, March 2023. DOC NYC Short List. Best Documentary Short, El Paso Film Festival; Runner Up Audience Award, NewFest. Acquired by Netflix. Executive Producer, Dwyane Wade.
Director/Producer
LOCKED OUT is a feature documentary about the brave Black women of Detroit who face scammers and evictions, as they fight modern-day redlining to help make The American Dream a reality for all. Produced by Saville Productions. Best Documentary Feature, 2023 American Black Film Festival; Shine the Light Award, World Premiere, 2023 Freep Festival; Runner Up Audience Awards, 2023 Woods Hole Film Festival; Opening Night Film, 2023 Double Exposure Film Festival
Co-Director
TEAM DREAM is a short documentary, executive produced by Queen Latifah for the Queen Collective, that follows friends and competitive swimmers Ann and Madeline on their journey to the National Senior Games, where nothing -- not age, race or history -- will stand in their way. Best Documentary Short: TIDE, Pan African and Greater Urban Cleveland film festivals. Audience Choice Award and Best of Fest, Chicago International Film Festival; Centerpiece Award, Champaign-Urbana International Film Festival; Honorable Mention, Roxbury Film Festival. EbertFest Golden Thumb Award. Finalist, The Wrap’s Shortlist. Broadcast on BET.
Director/Producer
MAMA GLORIA is the portrait of a groundbreaking legend, Chicago’s Black transgender icon and activist Gloria Allen, who overcame traumatic violence to pioneer a charm school for young transgender people that served as inspiration for the hit play Charm. 2022 GLAAD Media Award Nominee. Black Lens Award, Milwaukee Film. Best Documentary, Teaneck and CineOdyssey film festivals. Chicago International Film Festival, World Premiere. Broadcast on PBS.
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BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY is a 2017 feature documentary that examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a radical movement takes control of whether, when and how women will bear children. Appeared in more than 70 theaters nationwide, qualified for the 2018 Oscars and streamed on Hulu.
Co-Executive Producer/Co-Writer
DANGER WORD is a scripted short about a 13-year-old girl and her grandfather, hiding out in a wooded cabin after a plague, meeting the challenge of their lives when her birthday trip to a trading post goes horribly awry. Stars Frankie Faison and Saoirse Scott. Nominated for Best Narrative Short at the 2014 Pan African and BronzeLens film festivals.
Director/Co-Executive Producer