The Nights Were Velvet
Bloemfontein, South Africa
August 2025
Director: Sara CF Gouveia
As actress Jane Mpholo prepares for an intensely personal solo performance, the boundaries between rehearsal and reality begin to blur. Confronted by echoes of her past, Jane is forced to reckon with buried memories and the unresolved grief surrounding her family. Every line she speaks feels like a confession as Jane discovers that art can be both a mirror and a wound. A meditation on memory, performance, and healing, this intimate short film explores how grief lingers and how art can become a form of release.
https://www.lionfishproductions.co.za/biography
Stolen School
Evanston, IL
November 2024
Director: Raphael Nash
STOLEN SCHOOL confronts the reality that desegregation wasn’t good for everyone. In 1967, the local school district in Evanston, IL, closed Foster School—the all-Black neighborhood school in the historically Black 5th Ward—in the name of integration. Rather than ensuring equal access to resources, this decision displaced generations of Black students, forcing them to be bussed across town while their community was left without a local school.
Are You A Librarian? Black Librarians and Freedom Through Literacy
Charlotte, NC
December 2025
Director: Rodney Freeman
Are You a Librarian? is a personal mission to bring untouched important Black stories stories forward. It’s not just about honoring the past; it’s about inspiring a new generation to take up the mantle of literacy, freedom, and truth in an age where those very principles are under attack.
Good Morning America: