EDITORIAL
HOW INFLUENCERS ARE KILLING A SACRED TRADITION
Roles: Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
White Sage is a sacred plant to Southern California’s Native people. It has been swept up in the wellness craze thanks to social media and celebrities like the Kardashians. This is the story of what happens when a marginalized culture’s sacred tradition goes viral - including the birth of a black market.
I’M A PREGNANT MAN IN AN ANTI-LGBTQ+ STATE
Roles: Producer, Additional Camera, Additional Editor (uncredited)
Georgia is one of the least LGBTQ+-friendly states in the U.S. It has sodomy laws, HIV/AIDS criminalization laws and no statewide policies preventing insurance exclusions for trans health care. So, what is it like for trans people trying to have children and those raising them in this place? Imaeyen Ibanga visits the Peach State to uncover how a pregnant man, a trans woman trying to conceive and a trans man who’s given birth are navigating parenthood in the midst of national anti-trans sentiment.
DOES RACE MATTER IN ADOPTIONS?
Roles: Producer, Additional Camera
Minnesota has the largest number of Korean adoptees in the United States, and many of them grew up with white parents in white households. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to the Twin Cities to uncover what it’s like for this group during a nationwide uptick in anti-Asian hate and violence.
Roles: Director, Producer, Additional Camera, Editor
Georgia is one of the least LGBTQ+-friendly states in the U.S. It has sodomy laws, HIV/AIDS criminalization laws and no statewide policies preventing insurance exclusions for trans health care. So, what is it like for trans people trying to have children and those raising them in this place? Imaeyen Ibanga visits the Peach State to uncover how a pregnant man, a trans woman trying to conceive and a trans man who’s given birth are navigating parenthood in the midst of national anti-trans sentiment.
I WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK AND I’M HOMELESS
Roles: Editor, Producer, Additional Camera
The United States’ cheapest city isn’t inexpensive enough for the thousands who have found themselves without shelter. Huntsville, AL, is expecting an increase in its homeless population as the city’s cost of living and population rise. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to the area to uncover how people without homes are surviving in a place touted for its cheapness.
WHY IT’S SO HARD TO SELL WEED IN CHICAGO
Roles: Producer, Additional Camera
The U.S. has gone from raging a drug war on marijuana to seeing it as big business. But it’s a business not everyone can get into. So what does it take to start a cannabis company and who gets to do it? Imaeyen Ibanga travels to Illinois to uncover the truth about how Black and white green can be.
CAN A LIBERAL BLACK MORMON FIND LOVE IN UTAH?
Roles: Producer, Additional Camera
Utah has the highest marriage rate in the nation and the youngest newlyweds. But why? Imaeyen Ibanga follows a matchmaker and a bachelor hoping to find his “eternal companion” to discover the reason why so many in this community get married, and what it means when you’re one of the singles looking for love.
Roles: Director, Producer, Additional Camera, Editor
Georgia is one of the least LGBTQ+-friendly states in the U.S. It has sodomy laws, HIV/AIDS criminalization laws and no statewide policies preventing insurance exclusions for trans health care. So, what is it like for trans people trying to have children and those raising them in this place? Imaeyen Ibanga visits the Peach State to uncover how a pregnant man, a trans woman trying to conceive and a trans man who’s given birth are navigating parenthood in the midst of national anti-trans sentiment.