Deidre Marin
Deidre Washington-Marin's creative portfolio, exhibitions, and corporate work:
Published Books
• The Stories of Fatherless Daughters: She is the author of this book, which focuses on healing narratives and personal growth designed to help women reclaim and nurture their inner child.
Art Exhibitions
The Black Woman Is God: Deidre's visual art was recently showcased in the major exhibition The Black Woman Is God: "United States, God Damn" at The Marlowe Gallery in San Francisco.
Featured Works: Her featured contributions included two notable paintings- Woman in Bloom 3 and Woman in Red.
Her fine art heavily centers on themes of sacred Black womanhood, resilience, and spiritual authority as a form of cultural resistance against erasure and historical silence.
Jalila Bell
Jalila A. Bell, Esq. is Managing Producer and Talent Coordinator for KAJE Creative, LLC. An attorney, filmmaker, performing artist, and visual artist, her multidisciplinary practice spans film, dance, acting, writing, visual art, and advocacy.
Jalila is the Director and Producer of the award-winning documentary Culture Connects Us, which has received recognition on four continents, and is developing her next films, Thirst Trap Massacre and Surveil Grace. Her visual art includes the Belly of the Beast collection and its breakout work, Pork Talk, I—the first of her original artworks to expand into merchandise in response to its popularity.
Her work often places her at unusual intersections of art, law, and American culture. In 2020, she performed as Young RBG in the New York City Bar Association’s Twelfth Night Performance, dancing and singing for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—one of those “one to watch” moments that captures the breadth and cultural reach of her work.
As a performer, Jalila has worked professionally in dance, theatre, television, and film; her training began at San Francisco’s Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and continued at Mills College and the American Dance Festival. She also serves as a national dance competition adjudicator.
A practicing attorney and graduate of Golden Gate University School of Law, Jalila brings legal, creative, and production experience to work centered on storytelling, cultural identity, artists, and community.
Kaylah Marin
Festival Director, Artist, filmmaker, and writer Kaylah is dedicated to social causes, having worked with organizations such as the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival. As a former board member of Community Services United, she focused on health and economic restoration in Berkeley.
Kaylah contributes her expertise to KAJE Creative, a consulting business that leverages media, music, art, and film to enhance branding, marketing, and promotional efforts with a focus on community building through stories and visual media. She co-directs the SF Social and Economic Justice Film Festival and chairs the UPS Pride Alliance.
Kaylah is most proud of her invitations to perform at the Ron Dellums Memorial, Dolores Huerta’s 80th birthday, and WorldPride NYC - Stonewall 50.And as a Billboard-charting artist, Kaylah has collaborated with top industry names, including Narada Michael Walden, the Perry Twins, Josh Harris, Mike Rizzo, and Tracy Young. Her work with the Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival earned her the title of Ambassador of Music in both 2017 and 2018.