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Her work focuses on Africa and diaspora experiences as well as the politics of culture and identity.
When she is not diligently developing her projects, Abbesi teaches film producing to aspiring filmmakers.
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Her previous short film, Threes a Crowd, was a Student Emmy Award winner.
Aisha Amin
Aisha Amin is a NYC-based writer and director of Pakistani and Kenyan descent.
Her practice spans across narrative, experimental and documentary forms.
Her award winning short films have screened at festivals around the world.
In 2024, she was selected to participate in the BlackList and Women in Films Episodic Lab.
In 2023, she was selected as a Director in Color Creatives inaugural For Your People Program.
She is a 2023 Cine Qua Non Screenwriting Fellow.
She is a 2022 recipient of the NYFAs Womens Fund and Tomorrow Land Grant.
She is also a recipient of The Sheds Open Call Fellowship.
Shes had three films premiere as Vimeo Staff Picks and her short filmSimonehas won awards on the festival circuit.
Aisha completed her MFA in Screenwriting at Columbia in 2024.
She is currently working on a feature film in development that will be shot in rural Kansas.
Her multi-genre short story collection, WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM, is forthcoming in 2025.
Aizzah Fatima
Aizzah Fatima is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, and comedian.
It is currently streaming on Fuse+.
She is a 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts.
She is a 2021 Orchard Project Episodic Lab fellow with her pilot A.S.S.
Crawler, and received her MFA in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College.
She has also directed a segment for SESAME STREET.
Dance Magazine called it: The Genre-Defying Dance film you didnt know you needed in your life.
Guez was also listed as one of Nine Screendance Artists You Should Know About by Dance Magazine.
Dallas Rico
Dallas Rico, originally from you guessed it Dallas, TX, graduated from U.T.
As a hobby, he enjoys performing stand-up, so everyone can laugh at his dating mishaps.
Thea Rodgers
Thea Rodgers is a bicultural American-Salvadoran writer and actress.
Thea is an alum of Mentorship Matters, a prestigious program where she was mentored by showrunner KC Perry.
Together, they have created over 50 film projects, including features, documentaries, and narrative short films.
Craig was part of the prestigious Warner Brothers Discovery TV Writers Program.
