C. Sala Hewitt
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Contact: csahewitt@gmail.com
FILMOGRAPHY
U People
The Belly
Good Lookin’ Out
The Body Knows
Channeling Cesaire
Suicide Blog
Sita
Associate editor. Feature documentary by H. Walidah, O. Demetrius
Production Assistant. 8 min, DV. Dir. Orion Gordon
Writer, Director. Original short film. 11 min, DV.
Director of Photography. 5 min, DV. Dir. Glenny Cruz
Editor. 10 min, DV. Dir. J. Malaika Beckford
Gaffer. 11 min, DV. Dir. Yessinia Perez
Associate Producer. 10 min, DV. Dir. Tchaiko Omawale
(Fall 2007)
(Summer 2007)
(Spring 2007)
(Spring 2007)
(Spring 2007)
(Spring 2007)
(Spring 2005)
THEATER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Production Manager, God is Not An American, by Jessica Care Moore
(April 2009)
Rehearsal and run-of-show multimedia execution. A spoken word theatrical, one-woman show. Apollo Theater.
Technical Director, Natural Progression, prod. by Ubiquita/Kim Knox
(November 2008)
Urban arts showcase featuring live music, spoken word, and dance theater. Aaron Davis Hall (Harlem Stage/City College.)
Director, What It Iz! The Spokenwordical, by Blackout Arts Collective
(February 2006)
Transports the legendary "Dorothy" from the disco era into a hip hop generation facing the threat of terrorist attacks and
police brutality, music industry shenanigans and street hustlers, new world technology and the modern-day prison crisis in
America. This innovative piece uses spoken word as its principle form. American Place Theater; WOW Café Theater.
Director, Writer, Madame Jaxon’s Jazz Song
Staged reading of original one-act play. Urban Pop Festival of Creative Stages, NYC.
(Summer 2004)
Director, Descendents of Freedom, by Andre Lancaster.
(Spring 2004)
A futuristic a world where youth form rebel communities and use technology, hip hop, dance, and the power of the spoken word to
resist the government’s plans to quarantine them in prisons for the HIV-positive. BRIC Studio (Brooklyn Academy of Music);
Sputnik (Brooklyn); and Here Arts Center, NYC
Director, Lagrimas de Cocodrilo/Crocodile Tear, by Ignacio Rivera
(August 2003)
Journey into one woman's struggle with childhood sexual abuse coming of age as a lesbian, and raising a female child in the midst
of recovery. Nuyorican Poets Café; Tribes Gallery; WOW Café; and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, et al.
Director, E to Jamaica Center, by Justin E. Turner
(August 2002)
A surrealist approach to the lessons learned by unsuspecting passengers on a long subway ride in New York City. NY International
Fringe Festival 2002, PS 122; PSNBC Fringe Pick 2002, Here Arts Center, NYC.
PERFORMANCE/APPEARANCES
Video Model, “Make a Move” Music Video by Hanifah Walidah
Featured Poet, Sunshine Boutique film by Wapinduzi Productions
Model, M3 Modeling (Creat’ure Initiative) NYC
Event Host,
SPIT! Open Mic, NYC
Black to the Future Art Showcase Series, NYC
Temperamental Open Mic, NYC
Poet (Lead), The Mystique of Fly, collaborative spoken word revue,
Peppers, NYC, and Queer @ Here Theater Festival
(Spring 2006)
(2006)
(Spring 2004-present)
Antigona (Lead), Antigona Furiosa by Griselda Gambaro, Smith College, MA
(Spring 2001)
Charlotte (Lead), E to Jamaica Center by Justin E. Turner, Amherst College, MA
Isis, Sonango by azande, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Madame, Ruby, Chorus, Love, Langston, an adaptation of Langston Hughes by Judyie Al-Bilali,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
(Spring 2001)
(Spring 1999)
(Winter 2005-present)
(Winter 2005)
(Spring 2002-Spring 2003)
(Spring 2002)
(Fall 1999)
EDUCATION
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Chica Luna Productions NYC
(April 2006-May 2007)
F-Word Project Fellow, Workshops guided by professionals in all aspects of video production. Wrote, directed original
short narrative Good Lookin’ Out. Asst. Director, Editor and Gaffer for 3 additional shorts.
Smith College, Bachelor of Arts, Northampton, MA
Class of 2001
GPA: 3.8
Major: American Studies
Concentrations: African American Studies/Economics