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FILM / TV
  • Girls! Girls? Girls. is a short performance documentary that explores the past, present and funny yet frightening future of the global black woman. Featuring Marjuan Canady's Off-Broadway one-woman play, Canady and her comrades take their wit to the streets, to schools and throughout the entertainment industry to gain perspective on the 21st-century black female image.

     

    Screened at: Detroit Black Film Festival, Toronto International Women Film Festival, Dunedin International Film Festival

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    Currently Streaming on Kweli TV

  • "The Bathroom" explores three women attempting to wash their hands in a public bathroom. For two of them, the automated sinks refuse to work, while for another, the water flows easily. What begins as an ordinary inconvenience transforms into an unsettling encounter with something larger, as the empty bathroom reveals a hidden presence lingering just beyond perception.

     

    Director, Writer: Marjuan Canady

    Cinematographer: Darius Lyles

    Producers: Erica Margaux Baca, Eleshia Simms-Harris, Marjuan Canady

     

    Screened: Silicon Valley African Film Festival

  • Set in the Caribbean, 'The Resort' is a series of three vignettes that explore the commerce of a young man who sells love for a living. Shot on location in Tobago, and offers an intriguing glimpse into sex tourism on the island and the Caribbean. The film was shot on 16mm Kodak film.

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    Director / Writer: Shadae Lamar Smith

    Cinematographer: Dehanza Rogers

    Producers: Shadae Lamar Smith, Sue-Ellen Chitunya, Marjuan Canady

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    Screened: Hoorae Media, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Little Rock Film Festival, Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latino Americano, Film School Festival Munich

  • With the help of Winston, a Caribbean-American 8-year-old puppet and his featured guests, children learn various lessons about world culture, art, science and more!

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    Director, Writer: Marjuan Canady

    Cinematographer: Darius Lyles

    Producer: Tatiana Johnson, Marjuan Canady

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    Screened at: REEL Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, Afrikana Film Festival

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    ​Currently Streaming on Kweli TV

ADDITIONAL  PROJECTS:

“DUKE” (CURRENTLY PRE-PRODUCTION)

“MILK MONEY” (CURRENTLY PRE-PRODUCTION)

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ACTING WORK

MARJUAN CANADY ACTING REEL

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