Ebony Bailey

Ebony Bailey is a documentary filmmaker from Central California whose work explores cultural intersections, diaspora and social movements. Her documentaries have screened at film festivals and universities in the US, Latin America and Europe. Ebony is a recipient of the Latino Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). She was also selected for the Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today program by HBO and Hola Mexico Film Festival. Her films have been recognized and won awards at the Pan African Film Festival, the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the South Social Film Festival, among other accolades. She is a recipient of the Fondo Miradas with Ambulante and Netflix. She currently works as a director for the PBS series Roadtrip Nation. As a “Blaxican,” Ebony tells stories to represent her communities and build spaces of empowerment between diverse populations. Ebony received her Bachelor’s degree in Print and Digital Journalism at the University of Southern California and studied her Master’s in Documentary Film at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

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ABOUT Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation

Musician, banjo-maker, and founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project Hannah Mayree organizes workshops and performances celebrating the banjo’s Black history.