Person
Daresha Kyi
Directing
Biography
Daresha Kyi is currently in post-production on the feature doc Black Voters Matter. In 2018 she was commissioned by the ACLU to direct Trans in America: Texas Strong, which garnered over 3.5 million views online, premiered at SXSW, won two Webby Awards and an Emmy for “Outstanding Short Documentary.” In 2017 she co-directed the feature doc Chavela.
Known for
Mama Bears
Producer
Chavela
Director
Land Where My Fathers Died
1991
Love, Joy & Power: Tools for Liberation
Director
Battleground Georgia
Director
Subject
Self
Trans in America: Texas Strong
Director
One Person, One Vote?
Producer
A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Unit Production Manager
The Thinnest Line
Director
Filmography
- 2025Love, Joy & Power: Tools for LiberationDirector
- 2024Battleground GeorgiaDirector
- 2024One Person, One Vote?Producer
- 2023SubjectSelf
- 2022Mama BearsProducer
- 2018Trans in America: Texas StrongDirector
- 2017ChavelaDirector
- 1995A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre LordeUnit Production Manager
- 1991Land Where My Fathers Died
- 1988The Thinnest LineDirector
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