Carrie Hawks (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist working in animation, drawing, collage, sculpture, and performance. Their art confronts self-imposed and external assumptions about identity in order to promote healing, particularly in relation to Blackness, gender, and queer sexuality. Inner Wound Real tells the story of three BIPOCs who used to self-injure, then seek out new ways to cope. This animated documentary short offers insight into their motivations and struggles. maroonhorizon.co

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LUCHINA FISHER is an award-winning writer, director and producer. Her feature directorial debut, MAMA GLORIA, about a trailblazing Black transgender elder activist, premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival and BFI Flare, won Best of Fest at CineOdyssey and Best Documentary at Teaneck International, and will be broadcast on PBS World Channel in April. She is the director of two award-winning scripted short films, has written and produced several nationally broadcast documentaries, and

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