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SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2024. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc - Netflix “Ladies First”
2024. IDA Award Nominee for Best Multi-Part Doc - Netflix “Ladies First”
2023. NAMIC Vision Award Winner for Reality Social Issues- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2023. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc- Netflix “Ladies First”
2023. NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding News Series- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2023. Critics’ Choice Doc Award Nominee for Best Music Doc- Netflix “Ladies First”
2023 IDA Award Nominee for Best Episodic Series- Hulu “Hair Tales”
2022 GLAAD Award Nominee for Outstanding Doc- HBO “The Legend of the Underground”

LA TIMES.

Issa Rae, of “Insecure” fame, is an executive producer of (and a major figure in) a new two-part documentary, “Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television,” premiering Tuesday on HBO and streaming on HBO Max. Presented as a film by Giselle Bailey. LINK
ESSENCE.

Directed by Giselle Bailey, with Issa Rae’s HOORAE Media as the driving force behind the project, this series examines the path Black creatives have taken in television, showing how they reshaped culture while confronting systemic barriers that have refused to fade. LINK
DEADLINE.

Concordia Studio, the award-winning executive producers of this year’s Academy Award-winning Summer Of Soul has announced four new exceptional filmmakers selected as part of the studio’s 2022 class of fellows for their signature program, The Concordia Fellowship. LINK
NEW YORK TIMES.

‘The Legend of the Underground’ Review: Gay Activism in Nigeria. In this stylish documentary, young men discuss their country’s laws criminalizing gay sex. LINK
VOGUE.

A New Documentary Highlights the Resilience and Joy of Nigeria’s Queer Community. LINK
GOOD MORNING AMERICA.

Black female filmmakers explore underground Nigerian community in new documentary. LINK