Baobab Flowers

Winner of the Best Documentary Short Audience Award at the 2017 BlackStar Film Festival

Baobab Flowers is a documentary that follows the journey of two high school teachers: Storm Foreman (Nyanza Bandele) in Philadelphia, PA, and Priscila Dias in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The film invites audiences to make the connections between communities of the African Diaspora, the similarities of Black women across the globe, and the struggle for educational equality in the Black community.

Check out the official website for the film!

Festivals & Conferences

2017

  • Best Documentary Short Winner, BlackStar Film Festival — Philadelphia, PA

  • Diamond Screen Festival at Temple University — Philadelphia, PA

2019

  • Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival — Baltimore, MD

  • African Diaspora International Film Festival — Washington, DC

  • Encontro de Cinema Negro Zozimo Bulbul — Rio, Brazil

  • 11th Annual West Chester University Latina/o Communities Conference — West Chester, PA

2022

  • Afro-Latinx Spotlight, Silicon Valley African Film Festival — Silicon Valley, CA

  • Women’s History Month Virtual Screening, African Diaspora International Film Festival

  • SciBr Summit, Panel Diversity in Academia — Boston University, MA

  • University of Arkansas — Fayetteville, AR

  • Panel Diversity in Academia at SciBr Summit — Boston University, MA

Production Team

Director: Gabriela Watson-Burkett

Executive Producers: Gabriela Watson-Burkett & Dr. Doris Derby

Producer: Joyce Prado

Find the full list of credits here!