Silent Hour™ is a land‑rooted mindfulness practice born in Chattanooga—the city where I healed, listened, and learned to build intentional quiet into a daily rhythm. Rooted on Cherokee homeland and shaped by my own journey of stillness, Silent Hour™ has grown from a personal ritual into a global offering. Whether through hikes, workshops, the book, or the app, Silent Hour™ invites anyone, anywhere, to slow down, ground themselves, and reconnect with the deeper rhythms beneath everyday noise.
BIPOC Filmmakers Guild™ — Inspiration, Distinction,
and Lineage
The BIPOC Filmmakers Guild™ was born from a simple truth: some stories require cultural grounding, ancestral memory, and lived experience to be told with integrity.
For years, I have moved through creative spaces where powerful stories were present —
but not always held with the care, ceremony, or cultural fluency they deserved.
I witnessed moments where narratives were shaped without context, where
communities were spoken about rather than spoken with, and where lineage was
treated as an aesthetic instead of a responsibility.
The BIPOC Guild emerges as an answer to that gap.
It is not a reaction.
It is not a replacement.
It is not a competitor.
It is an addition — a new cultural home rising from the work I have already begun.
Why BIPOC
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color carry traditions, histories, and ancestral knowledge that shape the way we tell stories. Our filmmaking is not only technical — it is ceremonial, communal, and rooted in memory. The BIPOC Guild exists to center these voices, to create a space where our stories are held with the depth they require, and to cultivate a lineage‑rooted cinematic ecosystem that honors our ways of seeing.
This guild is not defined by exclusion.
It is defined by intention.
Its purpose is to uplift creators whose work emerges from lived experience, cultural responsibility, and ancestral connection — and to build a home where those stories can grow without compromise.
The Distinction
The BIPOC Guild is not a chapter or variation of any existing filmmaker guild. It is not a branch, a copy, or a rebranding.
It is a diasporic institution with its own mission, its own cultural foundation, and its own horizon.
Inspired by the creative community in Chattanooga, it expands the ecosystem by offering a lineage‑rooted space specifically for BIPOC filmmakers — a space where ceremony, culture, and storytelling meet.
The Land Remembers — The Beginning
This guild rises directly from the soil of my ceremonial film The Land Remembers. The film opened a door — not only for audiences, but for me.
Through its creation, I understood that my work was not meant to exist alone. It was meant to be the first stone in a larger body of work: a movement, a home, a guild.
The Land Remembers taught me that storytelling is not only art — it is stewardship.
It is lineage.
It is responsibility.
It is memory.
The BIPOC Guild carries that same spirit forward.
Gratitude + Lineage
I offer my deepest gratitude to the creative community of Chattanooga — the filmmakers, artists, organizers, and cultural workers whose generosity and collaboration helped me see the value of a guild. Their commitment to craft and community inspired my desire to expand this vision into a BIPOC Guild, one rooted in the lived experiences and ancestral memory of our people.
This expansion is also shaped by my own lineage:
the Guinean heritage of my father,
the Ivorian soil that raised me,
and the French cultural world that shaped my voice across three continents.
Living between these histories taught me that storytelling is not only artistic — it is diasporic, multilingual, and carried across borders. The BIPOC Guild rises from that journey, honoring every land, every ancestor, and every creative community that formed me.