the ‘here’ is in the ‘where’

As a filmmaker and artist working across geography, ecology, and Black spatial thought, asking the question of “where” often speaks to “here”. “Here” is the present moment. The present is not neutral terrain; it is shaped by stillness and movement, memory and refusal, power and liberation.

It is through the intersections of storytelling, black geographies, ecological justice, and the work of repair that we see the many relationships to our sense of belonging. Within our belonging, we have the choice in the narratives of our present moment and new futures. Grounded in over a decade of independent filmmaking and formal training in urban planning, my practice uses film as a site of remembrance and public knowledge-making. By working beyond institutional walls, I create cinematic spaces that invite collective reflection, expand access to geographic and ecological knowledge, and reframe place as a lived, relational experience rather than a fixed location.