Kafia Haile is a writer-director and visual artist. Prior to her creative career, she was based at the Pentagon as Defense Intelligence Agency’s sole Iraqi tribes and culture analyst. In 2008, she deployed to Iraq as an expert on reconciliation through integrating tribal leaders and former insurgents into the political process.
Kafia is a 2015 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Semifinalist and the writer of MR. HALL’S INTERVIEW, described in Fortune as a short film “everyone who works should see." In 2016, Participant Media named her a semifinalist in Works for Progress, for TV pilots that inspire social change.
Her artwork is featured in exhibitions promoting human rights and civic engagement. In any medium, Kafia's goal is to inspire resistance against oppression.
EDUCATION
Kafia is a 2015 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Semifinalist and the writer of MR. HALL’S INTERVIEW, described in Fortune as a short film “everyone who works should see." In 2016, Participant Media named her a semifinalist in Works for Progress, for TV pilots that inspire social change.
Her artwork is featured in exhibitions promoting human rights and civic engagement. In any medium, Kafia's goal is to inspire resistance against oppression.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Spelman College, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
- M.A.L.D. The Fletcher School at Tufts University
- M.F.A. with distinction, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
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