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Daresha Kyi is a current Soros Equality Fellow who uses film as a powerful tool for personal, political and social transformation and writes, produces, and directs documentary and narrative films and television in Spanish and English. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film & TV, she used her award-winning student film ...
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Mar 3, 2022 · Creative Capital spoke to Daresha Kyi about her Creative Capital project, Mama Bears—a film exploring how the lives of conservative, Christian mothers are transformed when they decide to accept their LGBTQ children. Mama Bears premieres at Violet Crown and Alamo Drafthouse in Austin and online as part of SXSW on March 13, 14 & 18, 2022.
Mar 13, 2022 · 1 hour 31 minutes. Mama Bears builds on the foundation laid by Kyi’s Emmy-winning short documentary Trans in America: Texas Strong, an affecting portrait of Kai Shappley, a six-year-old trans ...
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Daresha Kyi will make a documentary about the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund, Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, their work to empower African American communities, and their role in flipping Georgia from red to blue in 2020.
Mar 3, 2022 · Daresha Kyi writes, produces, and directs film and television in Spanish and English. Kyi co-directed and co-produced the feature-length documentary Chavela with Catherine Gund, which won the 2nd place Panorama Audience Award at the Berlinale, Jury Awards for Best Documentary at numerous festivals, including Outfest, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Documentary.
Daresha Kyi writes, produces, and directs both narrative and documentary films and television in Spanish and English. A graduate of NYU Film School, she recently completed Mama Bears, her second feature documentary about how conservative, Christian mothers are transformed when they decide to accept their LGBTQ children, which premiered at SXSW 2022 and has won numerous awards.
Daresha Kyi: Director/Producer. Daresha writes, produces, and directs film and television in Spanish and English. A graduate of NYU Film School, Mama Bears is her second feature documentary. In 2018 she was commissioned by the ACLU to direct Trans In America: Texas Strong, which garnered over 5 million views online, screened at SXSW, and won ...
