I am a mentor for a cohort NOVAC has put together producing two documentary films about the Black Maternal Health crisis in Louisiana with a team of all Black women first time filmmakers. The films will explore the dangerous challenges Black-birthers face while birthing in institutions and also shed light on the crucial difference birth-workers make in Louisiana. All of the money NOVAC fundraises through Give Nola Day is going towards the docs.

NOVAC empowers storytellers and communities by providing education, training, and resources in film, TV, and digital media. Our vision is that storytellers in Southeast Louisiana have equitable access to creative and economic opportunities in film and digital media, and the agency, voice, and vision to tell their own stories. We seek to have community stories represented by community storytellers at the highest level of practice.