Maori Karmael Holmes
Maori Karmael Holmes | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.[1] |
| Alma mater | American University (BA), Temple University (MFA)[2] |
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Maori Karmael Holmes, an American filmmaker, curator, and cultural worker living in Philadelphia, is also the chief executive and artistic officer of BlackStar Projects,[3] which produces the annual BlackStar Film Festival. Holmes founded the festival in 2012.[4]
Holmes directed the 2005 feature documentary Scene Not Heard: Women in Philadelphia Hip-Hop.[5] She has curated several group shows and exhibitions,[6] including Terence Nance: Swarm, which opened in March 2023 at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[7]
Holmes has contributed to Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (ed. Adrienne Maree Brown); How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance (ed. by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin); and Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media Within Communities Across Disciplines and Algorithms (by Katerina Cizek, William Uricchio, et al.)
Her interview with Julie Dash was first published in Film Quarterly (Winter 2016) and then anthologized in Julie Dash: Interviews in 2025 (part of the University of Mississippi Press’ long-standing Conversations with Filmmakers series).[8]
Holmes has hosted the podcast Many Lumens[9] since the first episode dropped in December 2020, featuring journalist Dyana Williams.[10]
Holmes holds a BA in history from American University and an MFA in Film from Temple University. In 2023, she received the United States Artists' Berresford Prize[11] and in 2022 received an inaugural Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures Fellowship.[12]
References
- ↑ Harden, Brandon (December 12, 2020). "BlackStar Festival's Maori Karmael Holmes talks Seen, a new magazine about filmmaking and visual culture". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Thomas, Veronica (March 27, 2018). "Alumna lands executive role at ARRAY Alliance". The Temple News. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Tillet, Salamishah (August 3, 2022). "At the BlackStar Film Festival, a Revelatory Understanding of Cinema". The New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Jones, Okla (August 8, 2024). "Maori Karmael Holmes On The BlackStar Film Festival's Growth And Cultural Impact". Essence. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Scene Not Heard". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Storz, Emily (April 2, 2019). "Assemblage: An Exhibition on Collective Creativity Opens in Drexel's Pearlstein Gallery". Drexel News. Drexel University. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Pintro, Cassandra (March 21, 2023). "At the ICA Philadelphia, "Terence Nance: Swarm" Invites Guests to Settle In". Vogue. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ Martin, Kameelah L. (2025). Julie Dash: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 95–105. ISBN 9781496859310.
- ↑ Savage, Henry (August 31, 2022). "45 Philly Podcasts to Listen to Right Now". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Introducing Many Lumens w/ Maori Karmael Holmes and Dyana Williams". Blackstarfest.org. April 15, 2026. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Maori Karmael Holmes". United States Artists. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
- ↑ "More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures Program". Pew Trusts. Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. December 6, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2024.