Ebony Blanding

Ebony Blanding is a writer and filmmaker living in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Blanding's work elucidates women and people of color existing in fullness cinematically. As an indie filmmaker, she has engaged in Atlanta Film Society Filmmaker-In-Residence Program and on the board of LadyFest and Eyedrum film committee. Additionally, she is allied with New Mavericks and Film Fatales Atlanta to aid in the bloom of Atlanta's indie film community. Blanding uses moving pictures and narratives as ascensions to glorify black renaissance and believes the creation of complex and beautifully simplistic characters of color in film are an artistic act of activism.