January 29, 2021

In the this episode, I speak with Firelight Media’s Manager of Artists Programs, Chloë Walters-Wallace. In our conversation, we chat about what got her started in the documentary field, her work at the Tribeca Film Institute and the New Orleans Film Society, and some of Firelight’s new initiatives for BIPOC filmmakers. Because she is originally from Jamaica, this episode’s song is Toots & the Maytals, “Take Me Home, Country Road/West Jamaica.”

Photo Credit: Aura Aura

[Image Description: Chloë is pictured from the neck up as she looks straight into the camera. She wears a black top and black and gold earrings. Her hair is an Afro parted on the side.]

Firelight Media Logo

[Image Description: A bright red flame is just above a blue circle with an open center. Firelight is written in light blue and white. Just beneath it in a smaller font in grey is “Changing the Story.”]

Chloë’s Bio

Chloe Walters-Wallace is a Jamaican creative with a passion for travel, anthropology, dancehall and installation art. Currently, she manages Firelight Media’s artist programs, including the Firelight Documentary Lab and the Groundwork Regional Lab, a new initiative which expands the pipeline of early career independent diverse makers from the South, Midwest & US Territories. Previously, Chloe was Program Director of the New Orleans Film Society's Emerging Voices Mentorship Program, which establishes meaningful connections between industry leaders and Louisiana based filmmakers of color. In 2018, she designed and launched the Southern Producers Lab, a regional program for emerging producers from across the American South. Chloe is a 2021 Rockwood Leadership Institute Fellow, a 2007 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, and an Ortique Leadership Institute Participant. She lives between New York and New Orleans and is on the board of Third Horizon Media and Court 13 Arts.

About Firelight Media

Firelight Media is a premier destination for non-fiction cinema by and about communities of color. Firelight produces documentary films, supports emerging filmmakers of color, and cultivates audiences for their work.

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