ABOUT THE PROJECT

WRITER/SHOWRUNNER

Aissata Bah is a dramedy writer-director from a small town outside of Atlanta, GA. Despite taking 6 creative writing courses at Harvard, she graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in Statistics and Gender Studies because she refused to take English courses about old white men. Aissata strives to tell stories that explore the beauty of Black interiority, typically via revisiting subaltern experiences of recent historical moments in whimsical, unhinged, and critically fabulated ways. Aissata’s writing has led her to be selected as a finalist for the 2025 Writers Guild Foundation Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program, a member of the inaugural Sonder Writer’s Incubator Class, and a T. Howard Foundation Scott Weiss Scholarship awardee. Previously worked for Disney and HBO in audience strategy and research roles. Currently at YouTube. 

DIRECTOR

Kristian Arnell is a multi-hyphenate artist whose work spans directing, performance, writing, and intimacy coordination. She is passionate about illuminating the multiplicities of Black womanhood/girlhood, themes central to her original one-woman show "A Sweet Tea Communion." Kristian recently served as Associate Director on the indie TV pilot "12to21" and consistently advocates for joy-filled, equitable, and brave creative environments. A Harvard graduate and recipient of the Louise Donovan Award and Maurice Sedwell Prize, select stage directing credits include "The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin" and "All the Natalie Portmans." Based in Nashville, she is Mosaic Changemakers’ inaugural King Future Changemaker Resident and a Soho House mentee. 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Nana Afia Boadi-Acheampong is a director, editor, and producer whose devotion to stories sprouted during her brief childhood in Accra but grew after moving to Massachusetts at six years old. There, feeling lost in the new country her family had settled in, she realized the reprieve, excitement, and catharsis that good stories could provide. Today, Nana Afia makes narrative, conceptual, and music video works that explore the complexity of human relationships and the struggle to build identity. To understand production workflows and the makings of a riveting story, Nana Afia has taken on development and programming internships at HBO, HBO Max, and AMC Networks, and was most recently selected as the Television Academy Foundation's 2026 Directing Intern. These undertakings slot among her varied education and professional experiences in production, development, scripted programming, team management, & cinematic arts. 

As an award-winning writer, producer, actor, and editor, Toni brings a range of talent and experience to their projects. She created DOWN BAD, a dramedy TV pilot which won Best Web Series at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival. As a producer, she has worked on short films like CHAKRAS FOR SALE and VIOLET BLUE, both currently on the festival circuit.

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Christy Knudson is a Cinematographer and 1st AC based out of Los Angeles, California. She was born and raised in Walnut Creek, CA and studied at Santa Barbara City College before moving to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in film production. Her background in art as a whole has influenced her cinematography style heavily, and has allowed her to introduce different aspects of multiple mediums into her work.