Meet the #OTVAtlas Ambassadors

  • ELENA GUZMAN (she/her)

    @zoras_oyster_knife

    project: Oríkì Oshun

    logline: A sacred experimental film journeying through Oshun's path of loss, resilience, and ritual memory.

  • WHITNEY CHITWOOD (she/they)

    @whitchitwood | @witchitproductions

    project: Sam Wants Her Sweater Back

    logline: Three queer friends launch a half-witted heist to steal back a sweater from one of their exes.

  • ANU RANA (she/her)

    @anurrana

    project: Brewer

    logline: Brewer illustrates the grit of female & non-binary brewers in their industrial work environment.

  • ERIKA VALENCIA (she/her)

    @erikavalenciana

    project: Brewer

    logline: Brewer illustrates the grit of female & non-binary brewers in their industrial work environment.

  • GAL S. CASTELLANOS (he/him)

    @chiquedehumo

    project: We Had the Desire to Break It All

    logline: A celebration of dissident youth in Latin America.

  • BRAD BAILEY (he/him)

    @herfighthisnamedoc

    project: Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner

    logline: Gwen Carr battles for justice a decade after son Eric Garner's death in this six-year chronicle.

  • POPPY GOLAND (she/her)

    @rabbitrabbitmovie

    project: Rabbit Rabbit

    logline: A woman gets an abortion the same day Roe V. Wade is overturned, with the help of her best friend.

  • CASSIDY SLAUGHTER-MASON (she/her)

    @clsaughtermason

    project: Rabbit Rabbit

    logline: A woman gets an abortion the same day Roe V. Wade is overturned, with the help of her best friend.

  • TALIA KOYLASS | she/her

    @talzgrace

    project: BAWDY

    logline: Three generations of Brooks women face their body image issues over a tense Thanksgiving.

  • SHAZNAY MARTIN | she/her

    @sh4znaymartin

    project: NOIR

    logline: After her husband's death, Savannah Brown is drawn into an inquiry where truth and freedom collide.

  • MAKEDA M. DECLET | she/her

    @makdeclet

    project: Sleep'her

    logline: A depressed woman finds an unlikely ally (and eventual enemy) in the creator of a gig app.

  • CHARLENE A. CARRUTHERS | she/her

    @charlenecarruthers

    project: PLENUM

    logline: Time is critical as two siblings navigate the AIDS crisis at a historical Black queer conference.

  • NIJLA MUMIN | she/her

    @nijla1

    project: Noor

    logline: A Black woman develops a connection to an Arab man who works in a bodega, in the midst of a tragedy.

  • KYLE HINTON | he/they

    @kylexjordan

    project: Eat

    logline: Marcus Night, a century old human-vampire hybrid, takes on escorting to survive a changing society.

  • VEE HUA | they/them


    @hellomynameisvee

    project: Hunt's Trading Post

    logline: Operated by a Navajo Nation citizen, Hunt's Trading Post serves Native community in a white town.

  • ANTHONY L. WILLIAMS | he/him


    @antny_williams

    project: It's Not You, It's Me

    logline: Three BIPOC bachelors re-embark into dating; some for the first time, others hopefully for the last!

  • RICHA RUDOLA | she/her


    @richarudola

    project: Cow Heavy and Floral

    logline: A postpartum writer races a deadline while navigating an identity crisis across her many personas

  • ROY KINSEY | he/him


    @roy_kinsey

    project: The Rapbrarian: Reading Came First

    logline: Rapper-librarian Roy Kinsey reclaims hip-hop as literature, fighting to preserve stories that matter.

  • DESIREENA ALMORADIE | she/they/siya


    @deswad

    project: Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo

    logline: The story of queer Filipnxs in NYC who came together in the 90s to create a safe & loving community.

  • BARBARA MALARAN | they/them


    @malaysavage

    project: Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo

    logline: The story of queer Filipnxs in NYC who came together in the 90s to create a safe & loving community.