PROJECTS
FEATURED WORK
REDACTED - Director, Producer, Editor
LARRY FROM GARY - Co-Producer
APSAALOOKE WOMEN & WARRIORS EXHIBITION - Producer, Editor
THE AMPLIFY FUND - Producer
PUBLIC SPACE - Director, Producer
RECENT DOCUMENTARY RELEASES
Larry from Gary (2020)
Director: Dan Rybicky
Producers: Naeema Jamilah Torres, Dan Rybicky
Editor: Amber Love
A dedicated dance teacher continues inspiring his current and former students even after the arts high school in Gary, Indiana where he's taught for decades is shut down by the state.
Official Selection - 2020 St. Louis International Film Festival
Best Home Grown - 2020 Gary Black International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2020 Indy Fest
Funding
Indiana Humanities INseparables Film Project
Mountainfilm Commitment Grant
Columbia College Chicago
Redacted (2019)
Director/Producer: Naeema Jamilah Torres
Cinematographer: Cami Guarda
Animator: Zakiyah Gathers
In this short essay-style documentary, a Black filmmaker reflects on present-day struggles of marginalized people on a tour devoted to challenging conventional historical narratives through the legacy of a slave revolt.
Audience Award - 2020 Black X Film Festival
Best Documentary short - 2020 CIFT Festival of Toronto
Best Documentary - 2020 Dayton Independent Film Festival
Finalist, Best Short - 2020 Denton Black Film Festival
Semi-Finalist Best Documentary Short - BLOW-UP · International Arthouse Filmfest · Chicago
Best Documentary - 2019 Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series
Best Short Documentary - 2019 Columbus Black International Film Festival
Official Selection - 2020 New Orleans Film Festival
Official Selection - 2020 San Francisco Doc Fest
Official Selection - 2020 Shortcut 100
Works in Progress
Co-Director & Producer, The Cost of Salt Audio Documentary Project
Oral histories are woven together to examine the legacy and unresolved future of the decaying Crenshaw House - also known as Hickory Hill or The Old Slave House - in Equality, Illinois, a place of haunting and mystery surrounding its role in the slave trade.