Be Free-Black Lives Matter

Just minutes after teaching my evening video production class, I got the news that the grand jury had elected to not indict Darren Wilson of the killing of Michael Brown. My intention was to go straight home but because it was late and I hadn’t eaten, I chose to get off at the U St Metro stop instead. As… Read More

KayPi Peru Festival + The Inter-American Foundation

This was a piece Jefry Andres Wright and I filmed and edited for the Inter-American Foundation here in DC. The client wanted to capture moments from the festival while highlighting the foundation’s mission and its work with partner organizations in Peru. It was quite a lot of work but the client found it beautiful and… Read More

carnival culture: one love, one aim, one destiny

My pops asked me to shoot some footage of him and his peers (the springfield carnival association) putting together their 10th annual caribbean carnival. Along the way, we got to talking about culture, food, and jamaica. This is what came out of it….

“We have to define the new African” ~Blitz the Ambassador

…seeing a dope emcee backed by a dope band….nothing like it… Check this footage I had been sitting on for months due to life getting in the way. It’s part of a series I’m working on with AfricanAncestry.com titled “We Are Africa” which will explore the varied ways people of Africa and the Diaspora celebrate their… Read More