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Natalie Jasmine Harris

Natalie Jasmine Harris is an award-winning filmmaker with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Harris’ filmmaking is deeply rooted in exploring tradition, coming-of-age experiences, showcasing Black joy, and imagining pathways to liberation for marginalized communities. She incorporates these themes across her fictional, documentary, and commercial work. Na…

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Grace

A 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her feelings for her best friend.

Retrieval

RETRIEVAL is a lyrical short film that explores the process of a soul retrieval in the aftermath of sexual assault - the spiritual undertaking of bringing back a part of your soul that has been traumatically separated. Holding the line between magic, fantasy, and grounded reality, the film asks the question: what sight of miraculous intervention do we need to conduct to seam together such a violent rupture?

a dios

Two Latinx nannies meet God in the reflection of a puddle.

See You Soon

See You Soon · 2020

MovieDramaRomance

A tender queer romance about a gay man who travels across the country to spend the weekend with someone he met on a dating app.

Pure

MovieDramaRomance

On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity.

Ben in Bloom

Ben in Bloom · 2024

MovieDocumentary

Ben (now Stella), a non-binary and queer teenager from the contentious Bucks County, Pennsylvania school district, weaves a heartfelt tapestry of their past, reliving the moments and people that shaped them into a fearless LGBTQ+ advocate.

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Grace

A 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her feelings for her best friend.

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Retrieval

RETRIEVAL is a lyrical short film that explores the process of a soul retrieval in the aftermath of sexual assault - the spiritual undertaking of bringing back a part of your soul that has been traumatically separated. Holding the line between magic, fantasy, and grounded reality, the film asks the question: what sight of miraculous intervention do we need to conduct to seam together such a violent rupture?

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a dios

Two Latinx nannies meet God in the reflection of a puddle.

Producer

See You Soon

See You Soon · 2020

MovieDramaRomance

A tender queer romance about a gay man who travels across the country to spend the weekend with someone he met on a dating app.

Producer

Pure

MovieDramaRomance

On the eve of her cotillion ball, a young Black girl grapples with her queer identity and questions her purity.

Writer

Ben in Bloom

Ben in Bloom · 2024

MovieDocumentary

Ben (now Stella), a non-binary and queer teenager from the contentious Bucks County, Pennsylvania school district, weaves a heartfelt tapestry of their past, reliving the moments and people that shaped them into a fearless LGBTQ+ advocate.

Director