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Director & Producer
Director & Producer
Director & Producer
Pronouns: Hope (proper noun preferred)/They/Them @indigoveilmedia
Born in the UK and raised between London and Lagos, Nigeria, Hope Olaidé Wilson is a gender non-conforming multimedia storyteller and founder of Indigo Veil Media.
As a 'Made in NY' Media Center Incubator Fellowship recipient, Hope wrote, directed and produced 4 short films
Pronouns: Hope (proper noun preferred)/They/Them @indigoveilmedia
Born in the UK and raised between London and Lagos, Nigeria, Hope Olaidé Wilson is a gender non-conforming multimedia storyteller and founder of Indigo Veil Media.
As a 'Made in NY' Media Center Incubator Fellowship recipient, Hope wrote, directed and produced 4 short films for a bite-sized anthology project (Owls & Echoes) selected for The Gotham’s (formerly IFP) Screen Forward Lab.
Hope was awarded the inaugural JJLA Octavia Butler Fellowship for literary fiction and has been a finalist for Sundance Episodic Lab and the Stowe Story Labs/Tangerine Entertainment Screenwriting Fellowship.
Writer & Producer
Director & Producer
Director & Producer
Níkẹ Uche Kadri @dagbasiproductions (they/he/ènìyàn) is a practitioner of collaborative solidarity, the founder of Dagbasi Productions and a proud Trans/Genderqueer self-identified Lesbian, first-generation Nigerian, actor, writer and producer from the South.
Níkẹ has successfully created shorts that pass the Bechdel, Ava DuVernay and/or V
Níkẹ Uche Kadri @dagbasiproductions (they/he/ènìyàn) is a practitioner of collaborative solidarity, the founder of Dagbasi Productions and a proud Trans/Genderqueer self-identified Lesbian, first-generation Nigerian, actor, writer and producer from the South.
Níkẹ has successfully created shorts that pass the Bechdel, Ava DuVernay and/or Vito Russo tests to critical acclaim including Pink & Blue and Her First Kill (Best Director award), which is now a pilot for a limited series. A short film screenplay of theirs was 1 of 3 chosen for the BRIC Black Box Filmmaking Intensive. They were proud to be a Screenwriting Artist-in-Residence at The Lark/New York Stage and Film.
Níkẹ has performed Off-Broadway, regionally, and can be seen on CBS ALL ACCESS, HBO, and Netflix. Níkẹ is a Drama Desk Award Winner and graduate of The University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program.
Producer
Director & Producer
Executive Producer
Selah Greaux Peterson @selahgreaux (they/them) is a writer, producer & director committed to bringing life to stories at the intersection of identity, authenticity and joy. A proud Virgin Islander and HBCU alum, selah’s written work often centers the Black, West-Indian experience sculpted through their Black, Trans, queer lens.
From their
Selah Greaux Peterson @selahgreaux (they/them) is a writer, producer & director committed to bringing life to stories at the intersection of identity, authenticity and joy. A proud Virgin Islander and HBCU alum, selah’s written work often centers the Black, West-Indian experience sculpted through their Black, Trans, queer lens.
From their multi-hyphenate mind and vast filmmaking background with companies like HBO, SundanceTV and IAmOther, selah has brought to fruition their childhood dreams of creating films they’d be proud to watch.
Successfully producing Price of Cheap Rent, a 2020 official selection of Toronto International Film Festival, UrbanWorld, Hollyshorts and more, and writing and directing The Dinner, 2018 Moët Minute Film Festival competitor, selah’s enthusiasm for storytelling is clear and their vision for the future of film, a crucial demand.
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Raised in a southern, religious, Black community, Twiggy Pucci Garçon @simplytwiggy (she/they) is a proud non-binary member of the LGBTQ+ community. As an activist, producer, healer and creator, Twiggy attributes the balance of struggle and strength they witnessed and experienced, early in life, to their ability to maneuver through spaces
Raised in a southern, religious, Black community, Twiggy Pucci Garçon @simplytwiggy (she/they) is a proud non-binary member of the LGBTQ+ community. As an activist, producer, healer and creator, Twiggy attributes the balance of struggle and strength they witnessed and experienced, early in life, to their ability to maneuver through spaces of power and represent for people without.
Praising literary greats like James Baldwin to the women in their family, Twiggy is quick to credit their ancestral warriors and pathmakers for the elevation of their own voice in a way that ultimately leads to progress. Since finding support in the ballroom community at a very crucial moment in their life, Twiggy leverages every opportunity to generate conversations around equity for LGBTQ+ young people and create quality spaces for them to be centered in making decisions and solutions around the issue of homelessness.
Working within True Colors United for more than half a decade, Twiggy works alongside a dynamic group of individuals in the fight and protection of rights for young people with lived experiences of homelessness. Leading initiatives including the former 40 of the 40, a national list of resilient young people with lived experiences of homelessness, they understand the importance of inspiring hope and reducing the stigma experienced by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth while giving them the opportunities to safely grow and learn within the communities. A few years later, they co-created TCU’s National Youth Forum on Homelessness - a group of young people who experienced homelessness or housing disability and leveraged their stories to inform the national conversation on homelessness, national policy and local practice. From day one, Twiggy identified the need to design a program that would address the nuances faced by service providers and provide strategy & structure to the systems, experts and organizations that directly impact LGBTQ+ and BIPOC young people. Through the evolution of programs like Youth Collaboration into Youth Action, Twiggy and the True Colors team are committed to this movement of principle and practice.
With over 15 years of experience, both personally and professionally, Twiggy has collaborated with artists, filmmakers, academics and policymakers to increase visibility of both creative and sociopolitical agendas. From The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter to OUT and The Advocate, Twiggy has received extensive visibility for their work as a runway trainer and performance artist. Twiggy was also a featured subject in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ HBO documentary feature film The OUT List and is the co-writer and one of seven subjects in the Sundance-selected, award-winning documentary, KIKI (Directed by Sara Jordenö). They serve as a consultant and runway choreographer on Ryan Murphy’s Emmy nominated hit FX series, POSE, and sit on the Board of Directors for Doc Society.
With experience as a creative director, event producer, and culture curator, they’ve collaborated with brands and organizations like Gucci, Coach, FX, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, GLAAD, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Reebok, HighSnobiety and more. Twiggy is the Overall Overseer for the Legendary International House of Comme des Garçon and the Chief Ambassador for the Center for Black Equity. Previously held positions include the consulting programmer for Outfest, Newfest, and Outfest Fusion.
Marching to the beat to their own drum - or at times Beyonce’s I Was Here - Twiggy believes progressive/forward-thinking movement requires personal & community healing work, and acknowledgement that we all have the power and divine right to dream, think, say, and DO it!
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Zoë Davidson @zdavidson (she/her) is a cinematographer from Toronto, and holds an MFA in Film from Howard University. The projects she has worked on have been featured at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival, and CaribbeanTales. She is an active member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Women In Media, and Sporas. Zoë is an avid traveler.
Consulting Producer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Marquise Vilsón Balenciaga @marquisevilson (he/him/his/Love) is an actor, activist and man with trans experience. Marquise was introduced to TV audiences when he guest-starred in a critically-acclaimed episode of Law & Order: SVU that addressed the issues faced by transgender military service members (GLAAD Media Award Nomination). Recent
Marquise Vilsón Balenciaga @marquisevilson (he/him/his/Love) is an actor, activist and man with trans experience. Marquise was introduced to TV audiences when he guest-starred in a critically-acclaimed episode of Law & Order: SVU that addressed the issues faced by transgender military service members (GLAAD Media Award Nomination). Recent TV: Blindspot, The Blacklist, Bull and Netflix’s Tales of the City. Film credits: No Ordinary Man, Ben is Back opposite Lucas Hedges The Kitchen, starring Melissa McCarthy & Tiffany Haddish and the upcoming B-Boy Blues. He made his New York stage debut Off-Broadway in MCC Theatre's Charm. Marquise’s work as an actor and activist was highlighted in the documentary Disclosure. Marquise’s personal story was featured in the documentary The Aggressives . He is a long-standing leader of the underground ballroom scene; a member of the House of Balenciaga; recipient of Octavia St. Laurent Trans Activist Award, as well as, the Masquerade Blue Print Award and has been acknowledged as a Transman ICON.
