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Jendayi
Omowale

Jendayi Omowale is a Caribbean-American filmmaker and writer focused on telling the narratives of those marginalized in the historical archive.

BIOGRAPHY

Documentarian

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Currently, they run an award-winning documentary series about Black artists and art history called BlackArrogance! which was awarded an NYU Diversity Reporting Grant, IMDb-qualifying Onyko Films Award, Best Documentary at 2021 NYC Webfest, Best Story at Genre TV Film Festival and officially selected for both the Berlin Lift-off Film Festival and Miami WebFest.

 

She was selected for the 2023 ScreenCraft Works Mentorship Cohort. She has worked for over four years as a journalist, including writing for the likes of Condé Nast, and having her photography in Hyperallergic Magazine. She has an MPhil in World History from Cambridge University and trained in documentary filmmaking through NYU’s Journalism School.

PROJECTS

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Featured
Project

ZARI

“Zari” is a 19-minute cross-cultural coming of age short film that explores queerness, gender expression, and identity, set in and around a Delhi sari store amidst preparations for a wedding.

AWARDS

NewFest 

Grand Jury Prize for New York Narrative Short (Zari)

NewFest 

 Audience Award for Narrative Short (Zari)

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

Audience Award for Narrative Short (Zari)

Portland Film Festival

Best Narrative Short (Esperanza)

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival

Best Screenplay

Ojai Film Festival 

Best Student Short

South Asian Film Festival of Montreal 

Best Short Fiction

South Asian Film Festival of America 

Audience Award for Narrative Short

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Multi-role v single discipline jobs in film & TV

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ScreenCraft Works announces mentoring cohort
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A documentary on the complexities of the legacies of enslavement

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