ABOUT THE PROJECT
I Love Bed-Stuy: The Public Memory and Storytelling Project is a community-rooted art practice that gathers film, public memory, and collective creativity into one living offering for the neighborhood. Emerging from my hybrid documentary, I Love Bed-Stuy, and the earlier Heroes Project, supported by The Laundromat Project, this residency will allow the work to evolve from public installations into a deeper, participatory ecosystem of neighborhood storytelling and art-making. It supports the I Love Bed-Stuy Film, which is a hybrid documentary that is a love story and a love letter to Brooklyn’s most iconic neighborhood.
Meet the Artists
Sekiya Dorsett (she/her) is a GLAAD Award-winning filmmaker and founder of Seabreeze Media Inc., whose bold nonfiction and hybrid films center Black queer life and elevate marginalized voices. Her acclaimed work includes The Revival: Women and the Word, distributed by Women Make Movies, and NBC News’ Stonewall Revolution, streaming on Peacock. Her latest short film, Caribbean Queen, created in association with the Caribbean Equality Project, explores LGBTQ stigma in Caribbean communities and premiered at BAM during NewFest, earning both the Audience Award and recognition for her directing.
A Barnard College inaugural Artemis Rising Foundation Fellow, Dorsett has received support from Firelight Media and the Jerome Foundation for her feature documentary 20 Years of Longing. Deeply rooted in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, she is now developing I Love Bed-Stuy, a hybrid docu-fiction feature that serves as both a love story and a love letter to one of Brooklyn’s most storied neighborhoods. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and is an Assistant Professor in the Film Department at Hofstra University.
Okema T. Moore (she/her) is an Emmy-nominated, ABFF-winning director, PGA producer, and writer whose work spans scripted, stage, branded, and unscripted content. Her recent short, Laundry, earned her first ABFF directing win and Best Director four times over. Okema also produced the Oscar-qualified ABFF HBO-winning short, Chocolate with Sprinkles, and STARZ’s GLAAD-nominated series, Down in the Valley. A proud advocate for inclusion, Okema serves on the boards of NYWIFT, The Black TV & Film Collective, and the Apollo Theater’s Fire This Time Festival, championing underrepresented voices through powerful, emotionally resonant storytelling.