About
How do we build cinematic worlds together? What does it actually take to create independent work in the South, from shared leadership across writing, directing, cinematography, and producing to the trust and imagination that shape what appears on screen? This session centers collaboration, genre, folklore, and the realities of working outside traditional industry timelines. Instead of focusing on success stories or step by step instruction, we turn toward process. We are interested in how care, labor, intention, and place influence the worlds we create and how we sustain that work beyond the moment of creation. At its core, this conversation addresses how we work, why we work that way, how world building begins long before the camera rolls, and how community and shared power work in our favor. Presenters: Reeyana Sehgeh, Ebony Blanding, Amber L.N. Burnett Reeyana Sehgeh is an Atlanta based producer and 1st Assistant Director who builds stories with intention, care, and a deep love for Black women’s lives and inner worlds. As part of House of June, she moves projects from idea to execution, holding the vision while making sure every detail, every person, and every moment on set is aligned and respected. Her work is rooted in collaboration, community care, and truth telling, creating space for women to be seen in their fullness while shaping cinematic worlds that feel honest, grounded, and lived in. Ebony Blanding is a writer and director shaped by the South, exploring the complexities and possibilities of Blackness and female relationships through narrative, experimental, and documentary film. Her award-winning debut feature film , A Mess of Memories , a family drama about the weight of things and the memories we carry, was developed during her time as Trilith Institute’s first Emerging Creative in Residence and is the first feature produced with Trilith Institute.
Details
Show
12:01am
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Getting There
535 Means St NW West Midtown, GA
Lot parking · available