Curation & Programming
A decade of film programming across Los Angeles' major institutions and the international festival circuit conceiving and running recurring series, guest-curating, and hosting artists in conversation, with a focus on Black, diasporic, experimental, and politically engaged cinema.
Recurring Series
In the Mix: Music & Film
LACMA
Music-and-cinema series with Dream Hampton, Álvaro Parra,Tony Williams in Africa, Songs From the Hole, +++
Technology Telling Stories: New Dimensions in Film
LACMA / Academy Museum / theaters
Sean Wang's Dīdī, Gary Hustwit's Eno, Seeking Mavis Beacon
Digital Infinities
REDCATComputer-generated & digital film and video — Nam June Paik, Lillian Schwartz, Tabita Rezaire, LaJuné McMillian
Strong Sissy Black Movie Night
cielo galleries/studio, 2018–2026Long-running Black queer film night with Daughters of the Dust, Watermelon Woman, bell hooks, Sara Gómez, Tourmaline
Aspect Ratio: South LA Perspectives, Vol. 1–3
LACMAShowcase of South LA filmmakers, tied to the Aspect Ratio free filmmaking program founded by Matazi
LACMA x KAOS Cultural Literacy Collider
LACMA / KAOS NetworkRecurring intergenerational series with Larry Clark, Raven Jackson, Jenn Nkiru, Ijeoma Iloputaife
Film Journeys
Echo Park Film CenterInternational auteur series with Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Mariano Llinás, Philippe Grandrieux
Programming Archive
2026
Next Life & Auras
Tenzin Phuntsog · Nuart Theatre · May
Memories of Love Returned
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine · Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw · April
Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon
with House of Aama & Jamal Ademola · LACMA · March
LACMA x KAOS Cultural Literacy Collider with Larry Clark
KAOS Network · March
Strong Sissy Black Movie Night: De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another)
Sara Gómez · March
Amores Perros with Alejandro González Iñárritu
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures · February
Strong Sissy Black Movie Night: Chocolate Babies
Stephen Winter · cielo galleries/studio · February
Slamdance 2026: Revolution - of being & infinity
guest programmer · 2220 Arts + Archives / DGA Theater · February
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Kahlil Joseph, Onye Anyanwu, Raven Jackson, Paul Rogers · Academy Museum · January
a true happening of some things i remember / songs of the mind and moon
films of matazi weathers
· Now Instant Image Hall · January
2025
المومياء Al Momia (The Mummy)
Shadi Abdel Salam · LACMA · November
Art of Nôm
with Suzanne Lecht & Nguyễn Quang Thắng · LACMA · September
In the Mix: Music & Film - Tony Williams in Africa
guest curated by Ashley Blakeney, with The Don Brown Collective · LACMA · August
In the Mix: Music & Film - Songs From the Hole
with JJ'88 · LACMA · August
Ejo-Lobi Storytelling: Ritualization through Image and Movement
guest curated by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo · LACMA · July
Black Pacifika: Deep Sea Protocols
guest curated by Neema Githere, with Gilbert Githere · LACMA · July
Aspect Ratio Vol. 3: South LA Perspectives
LACMA · June
In the Mix: Music & Film - It Was All A Dream
Dream Hampton, with Myka9, Stas thee Boss, Wyldeflower · LACMA · May
In the Mix: Music & Film - Kumbia Net
Álvaro Parra, with Turbo Sonidero, DJ BSYDE · LACMA · May
In the Mix: Music & Film - Rhythms & Motion Virtual Shorts
guest curated by Octavia Anderson · LACMA · May
Digital Infinities: Spirited Pixels
Rebecca Allen, YHCHI, Adam Khalil, Tabita Rezaire, LaJuné McMillian · REDCAT · March
Evading Capture: Black Women in Cinema
guest curated by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich · Academy Museum / LACMA · January
DEMO Festival 2025: Cities Edition
video billboard locations across LA · January
2024
Playful Pop: Creativity Inspired by Early Animation
Fleischer Cartoons, Rich Zim · LOOK Cinemas · December
ARTBOUND - Black Art: A Brockman Gallery Legacy
Los Angeles Central Library · October
Basandja Coalition & Free Congo Fundraiser
with Samuel Yagase Bayombe & Petna Ndaliko Katondolo · Human Resources LA · October
Insurgent Sisters: Women of the LA Rebellion
3-part series & seminar - Alile Sharon Larkin, Storme' Bright Sweet, Barbara McCullough, Julie Dash, Cauleen Smith, Zeinabu irene Davis, Ben Caldwell · Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw / Magic Johnson Park · September
Technology Telling Stories - Dīdī (弟弟)
with Sean Wang · LOOK Cinemas · June
Sound and Silent Film: the Immersive Propaganda of Imagined Fronts
Academy Museum · June
Technology Telling Stories - Eno
with Gary Hustwit · The Alex Theater · May
Technology Telling Stories - Seeking Mavis Beacon
with Jazmin Jones, Yeelen Cohen, Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams · Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw · May
New Women Auteurs of Contemporary Cinema
guest curated by Jacqueline Lyanga - The Rapture, Tiger Stripes, Girl, Totem · Vidiots · Jan–March
2023
Blue
Derek Jarman · Academy Museum · December
Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV
with Steven Yeun · Academy Museum · November
Aspect Ratio Vol. 2: South LA Perspectives
LACMA · October
Reflections From the Unseen World: Films by Women of the Ummah
Jinn (Nijla Mu'min), A Door to the Sky, The Day I Became a Woman · Lumiere Cinema · Aug–Sept
Digital Infinities: Computer Generated Film & Video
Mary Ellen Bute, Nam June Paik, Lillian Schwartz, Jeron Braxton, LaJuné McMillian · REDCAT · July
Pushing Politics: Revolutionary Film in Mexico & Germany
Río Escondido; Kuhle Wampe (Dudow & Brecht) · Consulado de México / Goethe-Institut · May–June
Aspect Ratio Vol. 1: South LA Perspectives
LACMA · May
Wayward Waters: Black Cinema & The Atlantic
guest curated by Yasmina Price — Arthur Jafa, Med Hondo, Mati Diop, Sarah Maldoror, Miryam Charles · Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw · February
Strong Sissy Black Movie Night
cielo galleries/studio · A long-running Black queer film night. Programs included Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash), Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Ivan Dixon), MAJOR! (Miss Major), Happy Birthday Marsha! (Tourmaline), The Color Purple, Cultural Criticism & Transformation (bell hooks), and Afrodiasporic shorts programs.
Film Journeys
Echo Park Film Center · International auteur series: Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-Hsien), A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun), Historias Extraordinarias (Mariano Llinás), Un Lac (Philippe Grandrieux), Ballast (Lance Hammer), Alamar (Pedro González-Rubio), Adam Curtis programs. Plus EPFC Youth Film Festival (2009–2010)
Collaborative / Curatorial Projects
Purple Garden Cinema
producer · The Underground Museum · 2018
THrōz
trans/queer/Black/brown dance & social space · coordinator/curator w/ THrōz Collective · 2016–18
Abolition and the Radical Imagination
w/ Critical Resistance LA — ft. Angela Davis, Fred Moten, Robin D.G. Kelley, Georgia Anne Muldrow · Agape · 2016
Dreaming Wildly, Fighting to Win
art auction & performance w/ Critical Resistance LA — ft. Fred Moten, LA Poverty Department · The Underground Museum · 2014
A Free School
free education & event space · co-founder/coordinator w/ AFS Collective · 2013