Featured Articles
2020
RollingOut: “Meet BlackStar Film Festival CEO Maori Karmael Holmes”
2019
FOX29 Good Day Philadelphia, “Terminator: Dark Fate mural design”
KYW Newsradio, “BlackStar Film Festival draws big names to Philadelphia”
The Root,
“Tarana Burke’s #MeTooHBCU Tour Is Creating a Safe Space for Students to Speak Out”
WHYY, “Movers & Makers: Changing Seasons”
WHYY, “Movers & Makers: Flashback”
WHYY, “How one woman expanded a Philadelphia-based film festival to the international stage”
Okayafrica, “The OkayAfrica Guide to Getting Your Movie Into Film Festivals”
Liquor.com, “How Cheyenne Haggard Celebrated Winning The Naked Grouse Competition”
HBO.com, “Terence Nance Comes Home”
British Council, “Activism with soul at the BlackStar Film Festival”
No Film School,
“4 Takeaways from Bradford Young on the Daily Grind of Being a Cinematographer”
No Film School, “How Filmmakers Choose Different Venues and Spaces For Their Work”
BroadStreetReview.com, “BlackStar Film Festival celebrates seven years”
2017
Essence Magazine, “The 50 Founders To Watch” (Nov. 2017)
The Source.com, “Check Out Coverage of this Year’s BlackStar Film Festival”
Blavity / Shadow And Act, “Why Ava DuVernay thinks Philadelphia is a black film mecca & how the BlackStar Film Festival proves it”
No Film School, “Ava DuVernay on the ‘Cheapest Film School You Can Do”
BroadStreetReview.com, “Celebrating black films with Ava DuVernay”
2015
Philadelphia Inquirer, “The New Voices of Philly Jazz” / Philly.com, “Fresh Jazz from a New Generation of Philly Chantenuses”
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Hezekiah Davis III: Soul of indie Philly Hip-Hop”
Commercials
2019
Philadelphia Sixers,
Sixers Youth Foundation: Strong youth. Strong communities. Promising futures.
Webseries
2020
Share My Ride | iOne Digital / A Space For Creators | (Director & Editor)
Film Festivals
2015
BlackStar Film Festival | Dreams Don’t Chase Themselves, United States Premiere | (Co-director & Co-editor)
Residencies
2017-18
SPACES – Artist in Residence
Village of Arts and Humanities Project: “Home Court”
Group Exhibitions
2019
‘Amplifying Civic Power in North Philadelphia’ | The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia PA | Curator, SPACES: Artist in Residence Program at The Village of Arts & Humanities
2016
‘OFF WHITE’ | MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn NYC | Curator, Akintola Hanif
Press
2019
“LLHH interviews famed media connoisseur Daniel Jackson” | LadiesLuvHipHop Podcast
2017
The Night Drive with Nobi DeLon Episode 01 | Newark.FM