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selected works & exhibitions
Black Futures, Too (2023), Hyphen Film Center - Louisville, KY
Black Futures (2022), Hyphen Film Center - Louisville, KY
Catch These Bodies (2021), Quappi Projects Gallery - Louisville, KY
Boys Cry II (2021), Mellwood Art Center/Double Suede Gallery - Louisville, KY
Short Film Slam - Speed Art Museum (2021) - Louisville, KY
Below the Line Film Festival (2021) - Louisville, KY
Essay, Analog Cookbook, Issue 4, University of North Carolina Press (2021)
Cover Art, Analog Cookbook, Issue 2 - University of North Carolina Press (2020)
Unseen Migrations: Ann Harbor Film Festival (2020) - Ann Arbor, MI
Black Love, Black Power: Conscious Media Film Series - Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Dissolving the Frontier (2020), Rochester Contemporary Art Center - Rochester, NY
I Was Never Really Here (2020), Denver, CO
Drunken Film Fest (2020) - Oakland, CA
The Color of Conversation Film Festival (2019) - Denver, CO
Chale Wote Street Art Festival (2019) - Accra, Ghana
Bijlmer Parktheater Arts Festival (2019) - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Unseen Festival at Counterpath Gallery (2019) - Denver, CO
related experience
Guest Lecturer - University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO (2022)
Guest Lecturer - University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO (2020)
Visiting Artist - University of Hartford, Hartford, CT (2020)
Speaker - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit, University of Colorado-Boulder (2019)
Guest Lecturer - Regis University, Denver, CO (2019)
education & training
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY - BA, Film Production - Individualized (2023), summa cum laude
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO - BFA Film Production (2018-2020)
US Army Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officer School, Fort Carson, CO (2014)
University of Virginia, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School - U.S. Army Advanced Leaders Course (2013), Charlottesville, VA
US Army Air Assault School (2010), Fort Knox, KY
US Army Combatives (2008), Schofield Barracks, HI
US Army Warrior Leaders Course (2008), Schofield Barracks, HI
US Army Advanced Individual Training (2004), Fort Jackson, SC
US Army Basic Combat Training (2003), Fort Jackson, SC
awards & recognition
Micheaux award recipient - The astronaut who lost his helmet (2024), Micheaux award & Film LABS (MAFL)
Grillo Student Filmmaking Award (Spring 2019) - University of Colorado-Boulder
Grillo Student Filmmaking Award (Fall 2018) - University of Colorado-Boulder
Commandant’s List for Academic Excellence (2013) - The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, University of Virginia
Commandant’s Essay Contest Winner (2013) - The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, University of Virginia
Afghanistan Campaign Medal w/ x2 Campaign Stars (2010)
Army Commendation Medal (multiple)
Iraq Campaign Medal w/ Campaign Star (2005)