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 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.
She 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 named her a semifinalist in Works for Progress, for TV pilots that inspire social change. Most recently, she shadowed a director on two episodes of AMC's 61st Street, executive produced by Michael B. Jordan. Kafia is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Film Production at Clayton State University.
As an artist, Kafia’s work has been featured in exhibitions and live paintings to promote human rights and civic engagement. In any medium, Kafia's goal is to inspire resistance against oppression.
EDUCATION
She 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 named her a semifinalist in Works for Progress, for TV pilots that inspire social change. Most recently, she shadowed a director on two episodes of AMC's 61st Street, executive produced by Michael B. Jordan. Kafia is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Film Production at Clayton State University.
As an artist, Kafia’s work has been featured in exhibitions and live paintings to promote human rights and civic engagement. In any medium, Kafia's goal is to inspire resistance against oppression.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Spelman College
- M.A.L.D. The Fletcher School at Tufts University
- M.F.A. University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
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