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Darian Henry (she/her/hers)

Co-Executive Director
Youth FX
Albany, NY, United States

Darian Henry is a filmmaker, digital media educator, founding member and co-executive director of Youth FX, a nationally renowned film and media organization founded in 2008. She has shot, directed, and produced over 50 short documentary, narrative, and experimental films. In 2016 Darian co-founded NeXt Doc, a year-long documentary fellowship designed to bring together emerging documentary storytellers between the ages of 20-24 from diverse backgrounds across the country with award-winning documentary filmmakers to learn, share, and build their skills as they move into the next stage of their careers. She is also co-founder of Rogue FX, a full-service production company powered by alumni of Youth FX.

As an educator, Darian uses film and digital media as a means to empower and inspire black and brown youth in a wide range of Youth FX programs that arm them with the skills, techniques and access needed to create films based on their own realities and imagination. Darian uses film to build community and foster self-determination while bridging gaps between the past, present and future. Darian was born and raised in Hanover, Jamaica.

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