Chetachi A. Egwu is writer, producer, filmmaker, voice actor, artist, performer and professor raised in Buffalo, NY, of Nigerian parentage. She earned a BA in Communication from the University of Buffalo in 1996, then moved to on to Howard University in Washington, DC, where she completed a Masters (1999) and Ph.D. (2005) in Mass Communication.
She has served as a faculty member in the Communication departments at Howard University, Morgan State University and The George Washington University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Though her work has been featured in academic journals, newspapers and other publications such as the MSNBC site The Grio, her creative nature reaches beyond writing. Chetachi is also a dancer and choreographer, and currently the co-producer for two documentaries, Runway Afrique released in 2012 and No Justice, No Peas: Getting A Veggie In The Hood slated for release in 2015. Chetachi holds memberships in several service organizations, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Runway Afrique
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Documentary
by Conscious Thought Media
Producer/Director
Hate Crime
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Film (short)
Lavonne Cooper
Best Documentary, Runway Afrique, Miami Fashion Film Festival
(2013)
Audience Award, Runway Afrique, Red Shorts Film Festival
(2012)
Official Selection, Runway Afrique, American Black Film Festival Community Screenings
(2012)