JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT INSTALLMENT OF AFRO-PICKS, A CCCADI VIRTUAL TALK SERIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING FILMMAKERS AND FILMS SET IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
Our upcoming Afro-Picks program will feature the film “Black Motherhood Through the Lens”, a documentary that captures four Black women's experiences in navigating the reproductive and maternal healthcare system from conception to postpartum.
Our host, actor and content creator Derick James Sherrier, Jr. will sit down with filmmaker Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi to discuss specific scenes from the film and explore the building blocks of her storytelling.
You can revisit this page on March 17th at 7PM (EST) to view the program. You can also watch via our CCCADI Facebook or Youtube.
Guest Filmmaker:
Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi:
Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi is a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and a fourth year medical student in Providence, Rhode Island. Her work focuses on sharing the stories of marginalized populations that often go untold. At the age of 16, Ade traveled to Mekelle, Ethiopia to co-produce her first documentary. Since then, Ade has produced films educating the public about various health topics in an accessible way. In the future, Ade hopes to become an Emergency Medicine Physician and pursue a career in medical journalism, using her passion for photography and film to elevate the voices of communities of color
Hosted by Derick
Derick is a Black/LatinX, queer, proud Gemini. He’s also an actor & content-creator whose other artistic mediums include: playwriting, poetry, directing & podcasting. You can find him most consistently cohosting on @thenewyorkdose & @woodmorningtp podcasts. Outside of the arts, he is a counselor at a LGBTQIA+ emergency housing shelter for displaced youth, manages two night-clubs & spends his time in the outdoors with ADON, a BIPOC hiking group that he created.