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For more information on this years Amplifier Fellows and their projects, read on.
Zandashe Brown, Writer/Director
Zandashe Brown is a storyteller and writer/director born-and-bred in and inspired by southern Louisiana.
She was named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2022.
L-R: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, Moira Griffin, Monique Walton, Zandashé Brown, Crystal Kayiza, and Avril SpeaksSydney Lowe
In addition, she is producing the documentaryThe Inquisitordirected by Angela Tucker through her company Alices Plan.
Crystal Kayiza, Director/ProducerCrystal Kayiza is a filmmaker raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma now based in Brooklyn, NY.
Her filmRest Stop, won the Jury Prize for Best US Short at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Her film,Edgecombe,screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and premiered on POV.
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, Writer/Director/ProducerMobolaji is a storyteller/educator with Jamaican Christian and Nigerian Muslim parents.
He attended UCLA and The American Film Institute.
Noted film critic Kenneth Turan calledFerguson Rises, excellent and impressive.
Mobolaji is a Gotham/HBO Fellow and repped at UTA.
Avril Speaks, ProducerAvril Speaks is an award-winning producer, director and showrunner based in Los Angeles.
Monique Walton, ProducerMonique Walton is an independent producer.
She is the 2024 recipient of the Film Independent Spirit Awards Producers Award.
Waltons films includeSing Sing(dir.
Greg Kwedar) which premiered at TIFF in 2023, andBull (dir.
Annie Silverstein), which premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2019.
She produced the feature documentaryHollow Tree(dir.
Kira Akerman), which premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival.
