Heineken Affinity Award Profile: Kahlil Joseph
Read all the profiles so far. An initiative through our Tribeca All Access® program, the Affinity Award celebrates emerging and established African-American filmmakers by creating further awareness and dialogue around their work. Learn more here. Along with the Affinity Award winners receiving an initial grant, you can now vote for one filmmaker to win a $20,000 cash award, which will be announced during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Vote here.
Kahlil Joseph is a L.A.-based filmmaker who has found success with his visionary music videos for artists like Seu Jorge and Flying Lotus. He's currently in post production on the film Wildcat, which looks at the death and after life though the eyes of a black rodeo in Oklahoma. Asked what he wants audiences to get out of his filmmaking, Joseph says… "I've found that audiences can draw a far richer experience from watching something unaided by any of my agendas; I know it's true for me when I'm watching something. I think if I'm lucky, someone watching will make it their own and enjoy it in their own private way."
