Sadé is a Caribbean-American filmmaker and photographer born in the Bronx but currently based out of Los Angeles. Her ability to write, direct, shoot and edit have made her an incredible storyteller. Her work, which has a focus on underrepresented groups, has won her the Director’s Guild of America John Frankenheimer Fellowship, features on VICE, Forbes and Rolling Stone, premieres at Tribeca Film Festival, and the opportunity to direct a feature documentary alongside influential artists such as T.I., Quincy Jones, and Common.

Kelsey and Sadé discuss her background growing up in the Bronx (2:32), her journey to Los Angeles and time at USC (6:48), telling the stories of underrepresented groups (9:10), the making of Ponyboi (11:08), producing Spotify’s first narrative short film (15:27), directing the Trap Jazz documentary with T.I and Quincy Jones (20:53), why having community support is so important (23:45), her experience founding Out of Many Media (27:04), and her proudest moment (31:44).