NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (PROOF-OF-CONCEPT)

Based on the memoir by Emmy-nominated journalist and Associated Press winner, Maya Golden Bethany. In this fantastical retelling of The Return Trip (2023), a first-time mom struggling with postpartum depression enacts a suicide plan as her dissenting inner voice takes the form of her son’s favorite kids' program character.

This film is attached to an important impact initiative surrounding visibility and resource-sharing for Black women struggling with postpartum-related mental health issues. See our IMPACT tab above to learn more.

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM (PROOF-OF-CONCEPT)

Convinced her favorite romance novelist is actually her childhood sweetheart writing to her through the books, a lonely Texas bus driver steals her school bus to reunite with her—unwittingly bringing a young passenger along for the ride.

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM

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A 33-year-old shut-in convinces herself to go to a community festival, where she’s forced to confront her assaulter and a chain of hallucinations related to her unprocessed trauma.

Accolades

World Premiere — African Film Festival Atlanta; “Best First-Time Director” Winner — Portland New Alternative Voices Festival; “Best Women Empowerment Short” — Austin International Art Festival; “Best Supporting Actor” — Cleveland Arthouse Film Awards

DOCUMENTARY SHORT, EXPERIMENTAL

A short video essay that explores the difference between perceptions of Blackness among members of the same household. In this short, AYAGOZIE’S Bev Chukwu interviews her parents, two Nigerian American immigrants that have different relationships with Blackness resulting from their contrasting immigration timelines.

This video essay is now used as educational material at The University of Texas at Austin

CO-CURATION, PRODUCTION

The inaugural TEDx South Congress took place in Spring 2020. Our speakers have been educators, content creators, therapists, public speakers, sex activists, digital nomads, and more.

TEDx is an initiative of the TED conference, operating with the spirit of Ideas Worth Spreading. We hope to spark conversations that matter within a community that matters. All speakers at the inaugural Tedx South Congress event in Austin were locals, who have made a great impact in the greater Austin area.