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Tayarisha Poe is an American writer and director. Her feature directorial debut Selah and the Spades won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival and premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Poe's sophomore film, The Young Wife, was released at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival.
Tayarisha Poe is a multitalented filmmaker who has directed, written, produced, acted and edited several projects, including Selah and the Spades (2019) and The Young Wife (2023). IMDb provides her biography, awards, credits, photos, videos and contact info.
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Apr 17, 2020 · In it, Paloma (Celeste O’Connor), a new student at an elite Philadelphia boarding school, slinks around the gymnasium taking pictures of the spirit squad, focusing most of her gaze and lens at Selah, one of the most powerful girls at school.
Apr 21, 2020 · The secret to “Selah and the Spades,” Tayarisha Poe’s incisive debut feature streaming on Amazon Prime, lies in its meticulous presentation of the director’s personal experiences and her ...
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Apr 5, 2017 · She was chosen as one of the 25 New Faces by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015, and in 2016 she received the Sundance Institute’s Knight Foundation Fellowship. When I applied to the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, I knew there was something wrong with my script.
Tayarisha Poe is a Philadelphia-based director, writer, and photographer. Her first feature-length film, Selah and the Spades, an exploration of boarding school culture, debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Poe also wrote and directed the short film Honey and Trombones in 2011.
Apr 25, 2020 · Tayarisha Poe is a filmmaker from west Philly who made her feature debut with 'Selah and the Spades', a stylish and surreal teen drama set in a boarding school. She talks about her influences, her vision, and her future projects in this interview.
