Antoine Tate

  • Growing up in the go-go music crankin’, cherry blossom streets of Washington, D.C., Antoine “A.T.” Tate avoided trouble by retreating to his imagination, desperately using it to fuel his creativity in the form of writing. Now, he creates stories based on his experiences as a young black male that, according to him, have yet to be displayed on the screen.

  • Brooklynn is a screenwriter, motivational speaker, and passionate entrepreneur with a love for people. Her storytelling focuses on forcing tough questions within ourselves that most tend to shy away from. A college graduate that majored in business, her healing journey led her to a path in life of creating a story and helping others find their own place, peace, and passions.

  • J’ean is a Chicago native, taking up creative space in Phoenix. He is a Natural Motivator who story-tells with the intent to capture the wildest thoughts and write them back to you. “Blessed to make it to the second act.”

  • Justin is a Bronx native with a BA in Creative Writing from Lehman College who has been in hot pursuit of a career in writing for over two decades. Passionate about all things science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Justin won’t rest until he adds his own to the growing list of Black voices entering these genres.

  • Justin is a writer/director with an eye towards telling human stories wrapped in a genre-based lens, valuing the intermingling of emotional truth and fresh innovation. His psychological thriller/dark comedy thesis short, DOG PERSON, claimed the DGA Grand Jury Prize for Best African American Student Film in 2019.

  • Kirby is a Black character writer who has spent years amplifying the voices of people of color through both art and community-based organizing. She writes fun and romantic, supernatural dramedies that physicalize the vulnerabilities and victories of Black and queer people.

  • Luis is a Dominican American writer/director whose upbringing in NYC enabled him to effectively balance the variety of cultures around him and cultivate narratives that authentically represent the Black and Latin cultures he occupies.

  • Rita is a daughter, sister, aunty, and storyteller from South LA, with a penchant for writing coming-of-age stories that focus on moral growth, adventure, and joy. She writes and directs short films starring talented kids from across the US and created an experimental web series on YouTube called “Girlhood ” The series is a four-episode, soul-loving, interpretative piece inspired by Black girls of the early 2000s.

  • Sandra is a Southeast Londoner and science graduate turned screenwriter with a passion for storytelling. She enjoys writing dark comedy, which centers on women and likes to find the fun and fantasy in everyday life. Science and stories are both quests to understand ourselves as human beings and how we fit within the world around us.

  • Sherean is a Philly jawn whose comedy writing and directing explores the challenging and unique experiences that leave fat, Black, dark-skinned women feeling unseen. When she isn’t perfecting her character development skills through her lifelong hobby of ascribing names and personalities to her many wigs, she’s explaining what her city’s colloquial term “Jawn” actually means.

  • TD is an ATLien self-starter screenwriter, entrepreneur, and illustrator – whose podcast playlist is loaded with screenwriting, animation, and startup titles. TD mainly writes biblical horror stories – whether they are live-action or animated – rebuilding them into something deep, dark, and with a psychological twist.

  • Valerie is a Black, queer woman and military veteran who grew up in the hoods of NYC. Valerie complex’s life experiences helped shape her writing and creativity. What she has learned about movies through film journalism has been invaluable and propelled her to move on to screenwriting.

  • Willonius is a stand-up comedian, comedy rapper, screenwriter, and author of the self-help book “Look Like A Man, Act Like a Bitch”. Willonius created and runs the largest comedy community on the social audio app Clubhouse where he has successfully written and produced sixteen audio dramas.

  • Yvette is a comedy writer from the west side of Chicago, currently living in LA. She’s a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she studied Music. She then switched gears and became a writer. Yvette writes character-driven stories about family and ordinary people in extraordinary situations.