Documentary + Film
— “…being a Black woman with the talent to wield a camera is a superpower in itself.”
The sophomore feature from Ashley O’Shay, coming soon
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My feature-length directorial debut. A deep look into the Movement for Black Lives in Chicago told through the experiences of two young Black queer women.
Broadcast Premiere on POV December 27 2021
Available now on Amazon Prime
A film by Ashley O'Shay, sponsored by the American Cancer Society
Producer: Cherrelle Swain
Executive Producer: Ky Dickens
DP: Cai Thomas
Editor: Alanna Schmelter
Director/DP: Contessa Gayles
DP: Ashley O’Shay
A kaleidoscopic ode to girlhood where young campers find freedom, sisterhood and themselves at a historically Black summer camp in San Antonio.
Video by Gumbo Media
Producer/DP: Ashley O’Shay
For those seeking positive change in the world,alt_ is a contagious, artist-led engine (501c3) that undertakes tangible acts of service, using art and faith as tools that galvanize impassioned, self-sufficient communities to join in, at a time when past and present injustices spur us to collectively imagine our best future.
![Acres of Ancestry: Bella BAHHS and The Revolutionaries [TRAILER]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a5a02e914e6b75ad2e9d17/1619902836744-CSJNJJ0C9HJOFPUQ5MOE/hraMBf8A.jpeg%3B+filename*%3DUTF-8%27%27hraMBf8A.jpeg)
Director/Producer: Bella BAHHS
Director of Photography, Editor: Ashley O’Shay
