Keoni K. Wright is an experimental filmmaker and documentarian whose work primarily focuses on the Amazonian-Caribbean nation of Suriname. From intimate portraits of liberation to mystical encounters with anacondas and biopics of civil war heroes, Wright’s films explore a wide range of subjects. His work has been screened on five continents and featured as an official selection in sixteen international film festivals, including the Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, the Toronto Black Film Festival, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, and the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival. Additionally, his experimental films have appeared in exhibitions across Portland, Los Angeles, Arima, and Zurich. Wright was nominated for Virginia Tech University’s Cinematic Arts Awards for Decolonizing Media in 2020 and was the inaugural recipient of the For Common Good Platform Artist Residency award in Arima, Trinidad. A testicular cancer survivor, Wright lives and works in Suriname.

Artist’s website: Keoni Wright – Far Out Films from Faraway Places