Person
Kalima Young
Acting
Biography
Dr. Kalima Young is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Media and Film at Towson University. She received her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research explores the impact of race and gender-based trauma on Black identity, media, and cultural production. A Baltimore native, videographer, and activist, Dr. Young served on the leadership team for FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture’s Monument Quilt Project from 2014 to its culmination. She is also a member of Rooted, a Black LGBTQ healing collective. Her new manuscript, Mediated Misogynoir: The Erasure of Black Women and Girls’ Pain the Public Imagination was released by Rowman and Littlefield’s Lexington Books in 2022.
Known for
For Sale By Exorcist
Dr. Zaffin
Damn Y'all Fine
Director
What Happens Next Will Scare You
June
The Periscopic Gaze
Director
Filmography
- 2026For Sale By ExorcistDr. Zaffin
- 2025Damn Y'all FineDirector
- 2024The Periscopic GazeDirector
- 2020What Happens Next Will Scare YouJune
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