Yasmin Thayna

Yasmin Thayna is a Brazilian filmmaker who wrote and directed the short film, ′Kbela′ in 2015.[1][2] ′Kbela′ won the 2017 award for Best Diaspora Short Film in the Africa Movie Academy Awards.[3][4]

She is also a founder of the online film community Afroflix,[5] which seeks to give people of color an opportunity to share and distribute their work. Thayna has worked on other short films, taught classes, and frequently gives talks about what it means to be black.[6]

Personal life

Yasmin Thayna was born in 1993 to a black mother and white father in an area outside of Rio de Janeiro called Baixada Fluminense.[6]

References

  1. ^ "KBELA – o Filme". kbela.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  2. ^ "Yasmin Thayná: 'I Always Wanted To Make Literature With My Hair'". npr.org. National Public Radio Inc. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. ^ "Africa Movie Academy Awards 2017 Nominees & Winners". www.ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  4. ^ ""Kbela", premiado curta de Yasmin Thayná, é disponibilizado online". assistebrasil.com.br. Assiste Brasil. Archived from the original on 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  5. ^ "Site not found · DreamHost". www.afroflix.com.br. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  6. ^ a b Freelon, Kiratiana (2015-12-07). "Interview: Yasmin Thayná Is Determined to Shake up a Brazilian Film Industry Dominated by White Men". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2018-11-01.

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