Blackness and Black Identity is a global experience, rich with culture and generational storytelling that ornate who we are and where we have been. It is our Blackness that influences our art, ignites our activism, and helps us imagine what an afro-futuristic world looks like.
MEET BHFF 2021
FILMMAKER AWARDEE’S
Brennan Maine
Winner of the 2021 Black Haven Film Festival
“I am a multi-media artist whose current focus is on expressing the natural word in the digital space. I am in awe of nature, from its fantastically explosive acts, to its quieter moments that pull you into the present and to the tender and intimate exchanges between loved ones in our human experience.
Using my body as a tool of my artistic expression, digital printmaking, film-work, and my modeling I hope to translate these moments that help inspire or and pull you into both self and the interconnectivity of life.”
Website: brennanalexa.com
Instagram: @__brennanalexa__
Kolton Harris
Audience Choice Award Winner
Kolton Harris is a creative visionary leader, educator, facilitator and multi-disciplinary artist currently serving as a program manager at the CT Office of the Arts. In his role he is charged with the mission to design programs and experiences that empower artists and demonstrate the centrality of the arts to the human experience.
He has spent years working with youth as the artistic and executive director of a social justice youth theater, while also instructing educators and theater practitioners in his method of devising new works of theater that center on community engagement and development. He is a recording artist and musician, actor and writer whose mission is to inspire the artist in every human being while telling powerful stories that can shift the culture in innovative ways.
Contact: koltonhharris@gmail.com
Instagram: @sirkolton
Jefferey Dobbs
Meet Jefferey Dobbs
"My name is Jefferey Dobbs. I am a graduate from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelors of Fine Arts studying Digital Media and Design major with a concentration in 3D Animation.
From a young age, 3D visualization has always interested me. 3D visualization serves as a platform to create life beyond the tangible and realistic world as we know it. Digital media allows me to introduce my creative processes and perspective to others."
Website: jdvisuals.co/
Instagram: @jxd.visuals
Black Haven Film Festival 2021 has been made possible by our partner and dear friends at Black Infinity Collective, formerly known as CT CORE.
Thank you to our community sponsors ConnCorp, City of New Haven Arts Culture and Tourism, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Long Wharf Theatre, International Festival of Arts & Ideas and The Arts Council of Greater New Haven.
