Sekiya Dorsett is a GLAAD Award-winning filmmaker and founder of Seabreeze Media Inc., whose nonfiction and hybrid films center Black queer life with emotional rigor, political clarity, and deep care for community memory. Her acclaimed work includes The Revival: Women and the Word, distributed by Women Make Movies and NBC News’ Stonewall Revolution, which premiered on Peacock last June.

Her recent short film, Caribbean Queen, created in association with the Caribbean Equality Project, examines LGBTQ stigma in Caribbean communities and premiered at BAM during NewFest 2024, where it earned the Audience Award and recognition for her directing.

Dorsett is currently developing 20 Years of Longing, a feature documentary supported by Firelight Media and the Jerome Foundation. Intimate and expansive, the film traces Black lesbian love across twenty years through the intertwined lenses of migration, motherhood, longing, and survival. The project reflects her larger artistic practice: crafting deeply personal stories that illuminate the emotional and political realities shaping Black queer futures.

A Barnard College inaugural Artemis Rising Foundation Fellow, Dorsett is also developing I Love Bed-Stuy, a hybrid feature that positions Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood as both setting and central character in a love letter to place, memory, and resistance.

She holds an MFA from Hunter College and serves as an Assistant Professor in the Film Department at Hofstra University.

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ABOUT 20 Years of Longing

A Caribbean lesbian couple reflects on their two-decade journey of love and resilience, navigating societal and familial challenges as they strive to build a family in an ever-changing America.

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FILM

20 Years of Longing

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Documentary Lab

COHORT YEAR

2024-2026

WEBSITE

seabreezemedia.co

INSTAGRAM

@sekiyadorsett