What People Are Saying
"Natalie has done an incredible job fundraising, managing our budget, coordinating shoots, and delivering financial reports to our funders. She has an incredibly trained eye, and because of this, I have come to heavily rely on Natalie’s opinion when discussing the film’s story arc. She has a gift for identifying areas in our story that need to be strengthened, and gaps that need to be filled."
-Byron Hurt, filmmaker, director of HAZING
Photo Credit: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Black Women’s Beauty (wt)
(Formerly known as baartman, beyonce, and me)
Role: Director / Producer
This film explores the historical context and social impact of the white beauty standard and ideas about aging on Black women.
Basketball Heaven
Role: Executive Producer
A feature-length, cinema vérité documentary, Basketball Heaven provides a poetic portrait of a Southern Black community that has survived everything from catastrophic flooding to a racist education system, all while reigning supreme in basketball.
Hazing
Role: Producer
HAZING is a 90-minute documentary film that examines the controversial practice of hazing that continues to be widely seen as a meaningful and legitimate rite of passage, despite mounting lawsuits, fraternity/sorority chapter suspensions, increased media coverage, serious injuries, arrests, and tragic deaths.
Lee & Liza’s Family Tree
Role: Producer
Lee & Liza’s Family Tree is a 60-minute documentary that tracks members of director Byron Hurt’s family and their Ancestry Committee as they use DNA research to learn more about the family origins beyond 1863, the year their oldest known patriarch, Lee Hurt, was born. The film is scheduled for broadcast on PBS NOVA in November of 2023.
SNCC 50th Anniversary
Role: Producer
This video series documents the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
JAZZ
Role: Associate Producer
JAZZ is a 10 part Emmy-nominated series that celebrates America’s original music, & the Black musicians who created it.