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→ Browse resourcesCreators in the Circle
Tina Hill
Filmmaker
Made Oh So You Bought Yourself Flowers?, a story about sacrifice and the quiet rebellion of choosing yourself.
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Todd A. Jackson
Actor · Producer · Writer · Director · Editor
Best Film and Best Director at the Black LGBTQ Film Festival, with more than a decade of storytelling behind him.
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Marcus Callender
Playwright · Director · Actor · Brooklyn
Writer-director of Spades: The Play, ten years in the making.
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Maleah Joi Moon
Actress · Singer · Tony winner
From her Tony-winning turn in Hell’s Kitchen to leading Netflix’s A Different World.
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Diarra Kilpatrick
Creator, EP & star · Diarra from Detroit
Brought Season 2 of Diarra from Detroit across the finish line with her team.
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cj Davison
Artist · Cultural organizer · Producer (they/them)
Behind the documentary Seeds of Trans/formation, selected for Queer Voices NYC.
→ Read the full spotlightVoices from the Circle
“Before Youth in Film, I had no idea what a storyboard is. Now I know not only how to storyboard but how to break a script down.”
“HEARTH’s post-production work with music supervision and editing took my project from an unstructured proof of concept to a professional pilot.”
“Before Youth in Film, I didn’t realize that producing was a job that I could aspire to. Being here is the only place I can be myself.”