FROM TRANSACTION TO

TRUTH-TELLING

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

Client: Black Public Media

For Black Public Media's 360 Incubator+, I created and continue to facilitate Identity & the Personal Narrative, an interactive workshop where I help filmmakers excavate the hidden link between their life stories and the projects they create. Through guided inquiry, immersive group exercises, and one-on-one sessions, we uncover how their work is, generally speaking, a reflection of something deeply personal and often buried.

This excavation transforms pitching itself. Once filmmakers recognize their art as an extension of lived conviction, the pitch becomes a matter of how fearless they can be in speaking their truth out loud — transforming transactional selling to conviction-driven storytelling. 

Rooted in authority that can't be manufactured, the work has been central to the program since 2013, redefining how fellows understand, present, and defend their creative vision.

Aligned Tenets: Radical Self-Encounter, Inquiry as Practice