ABOUT KATINA PARKER / DIRECTOR
» ABOUT
NEW ORLEANS: A LABOR OF LOVE
» A MESSAGE FROM KATINA PARKER
» KATINA'S BIRTHDAY REFLECTION
Katina Parker works as a visual artist in Los Angeles, where her body of work encompasses television and film writing/directing/producing; graphic/web design; photography; and mixed media installations. Previous clients include Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Saul Williams and Cody ChesnuTT.
Currently, Katina is in post production for New Orleans: A Labor of Love, a public awareness campaign to get 5,000 student volunteers to rebuild the city during 2008: www.nolaboroflove.com.
This summer, Katina’s documentary Peace Process
won Best Documentary, Honorable Mention at the 11th Annual Urbanworld VIBE
Film Festival. The anti-gang violence project follows 17-year old poet Jabril
Muhammad while he interviews people who have been affected by gang violence
to decide whether he really wants to join a gang. Interviews include Stan
Tookie Williams, Saul Williams, Aceyalone, Medusa and Sugafree. To view the
trailer visit: www.myspace.com/peaceprocess.
Earlier this year, Katina’s short Radimi: Who Stole the Dream debuted on BETJ. The film features Mehcad Brooks, formerly of Desperate Housewives, and tells the story of a college-bound teenage couple’s fight to stay together for the sake of their 2-year old daughter.
Other projects include a coffee table photo essay book on homelessnesss and another on the Million Man/Woman/Youth/ Family Marches.
Katina received her M.F.A. from the University of Southern California and her B.A. from Wake Forest University. She is a native of Oklahoma City and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware.
» A MESSAGE FROM KATINA PARKER
» KATINA'S BIRTHDAY REFLECTION
Katina Parker works as a visual artist in Los Angeles, where her body of work encompasses television and film writing/directing/producing; graphic/web design; photography; and mixed media installations. Previous clients include Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Saul Williams and Cody ChesnuTT.
Currently, Katina is in post production for New Orleans: A Labor of Love, a public awareness campaign to get 5,000 student volunteers to rebuild the city during 2008: www.nolaboroflove.com.
This summer, Katina’s documentary Peace Process
won Best Documentary, Honorable Mention at the 11th Annual Urbanworld VIBE
Film Festival. The anti-gang violence project follows 17-year old poet Jabril
Muhammad while he interviews people who have been affected by gang violence
to decide whether he really wants to join a gang. Interviews include Stan
Tookie Williams, Saul Williams, Aceyalone, Medusa and Sugafree. To view the
trailer visit: www.myspace.com/peaceprocess.Earlier this year, Katina’s short Radimi: Who Stole the Dream debuted on BETJ. The film features Mehcad Brooks, formerly of Desperate Housewives, and tells the story of a college-bound teenage couple’s fight to stay together for the sake of their 2-year old daughter.
Other projects include a coffee table photo essay book on homelessnesss and another on the Million Man/Woman/Youth/ Family Marches.
Katina received her M.F.A. from the University of Southern California and her B.A. from Wake Forest University. She is a native of Oklahoma City and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware.
