What is FTW Connects?
FTW Connects links up mentors with mentees for a single hour-long Q&A session over Zoom. Check out our latest episode below! For all our up-and-coming indie writer/directors, this #FTWCONNECTS is for you!
In this zoom Q&A session, mentees got a chance to chat with Singer Jamila Woods & Director Fatimah Asghar on Creative Collaboration.
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Fatimah Asghar
Fatimah Asghar is a poet, filmmaker, educator, and performer. Her work has appeared in journals, including POETRY Magazine and Academy of American Poets, and featured on outlets like PBS, NPR, Time, Teen Vogue, and more. She is the writer and co-creator of Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendships between women of color. Asghar was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Her debut book of poems, If They Come For Us, was released by One World/Random in August 2018 to much acclaim.
She is a frequent collaborator with singer/songwriter Jamila Woods, directing music videos for “Eartha” and “SULA (Paperback).” She directed Jidenna’s “Sufi Woman” as well as wrote and directed the short film titled “Got Game?” released in May 2019.
Jamila Woods
Jamila Woods is a poet and vocalist. Influenced by Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks, much of her writing explores blackness, womanhood & the city of Chicago. Her first chapbook, The Truth About Dolls (2012), was inspired by a Toni Morrison quote & features a Pushcart-nominated poem about Frida Kahlo. Her poetry is included in the anthologies The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (2015) and more.
As a musician, Jamila focuses primarily on soul/hip-hop centered music. Her albums include Heavn (2016) and Legacy! Legacy! (2019), released by Jagjaguwar in partnership with Closed Sessions. She recently made her television debut, performing "SULA (Paperback)" on Colbert.
