OUR MISSION
To produce, distribute, and promote content for the advancement of African and Latino cultures.
BLACK LATINA MOVEMENT
The Black Latina Movement is a vibrant grassroots theater and film production company based in New York City. Alongside creating and producing our own works, the movement’s priority endeavor is to make the entertainment industry culturally and artistically richer by showcasing the talents of men and women in the arts. This open platform provides artist of all kinds the opportunity to create, write, produce or perform while promoting our local communities as diverse, inclusive places where people want to live, work, and visit.
Crystal Shaniece Roman
Founder/CEO
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
For the past 20 years, I have been writing. It started out as a hobby but grew into a passion. Storytelling and creating characters that resonated with people who do not often get to see their stories or themselves was my biggest objective. That’s what always drew me to writing because I wanted to contribute by providing storylines and experiences many people want to see and can relate to but often do not.
After creating The Black Latina Movement in 2008 I wanted to help broaden the spectrum of hues the industry has. Providing further depth it so desperately needs. Women have so many complexities and we constantly see a bland singular version of who we are. Through the medium of the arts, now more than ever we need to showcase the diversity of women and our multiplicities especially those for women of color.
As a storyteller, it’s my duty to provide audiences with relief or a source of understanding. That is what has always gravitated me toward storytelling—the ability to create characters that draw you in and make you forget about or, at times, address the chaos of the world around them for that window of time.