We’re starting Season 3 talking about Filmer! We speak with Ethan Payne and Nzzy this week regarding their film, Nzzy’s Ark! 

Ninel Nekay (preferably known as Nzzy) is a poet, filmmaker, teaching artist, theorist, and practitioner of the philosophies she depicts within her portfolio. She seeks to entice fellow worldbuilders to reimagine their pursue agency and their own utopias. She recently screened her visual poem “Bless Your Heart”, a film about Black women and the complicated relationship they have with femicide and intimate partner violence. Her craft has been recognized by artists such as Nile Rodgers, Pearl Cleage, and Julie Lythcott-Haims.

Ethan is a documentary filmmaker based in the southeast US. His feature and short documentaries have screened and won awards internationally. He loves tiki culture, vanilla ice cream, playing music with his band Easter Island, and telling stories about the often overlooked south. 

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