About Kearah-Armonie

     Kearah-Armonie (aka Kearmonie) is an Afro-Caribbean Multidisciplinary Artist from Brooklyn, NY specializing in Filmmaking/Editing, Poetry, and Education. Having completed their MFA in Post-Production at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in 2021, Kearmonie primarily works as a Freelance Editor and Assistant Editor, with a focus in both narrative and non-fiction short films, limited series’, and short form digital content. A number of shorts edited, directed, and/or produced by Kearah-Armonie have been selected by festivals such as Toronto Women’s Film Festival, Outfest Fusion: QTBIPOC Film Festival, and Women of African Descent Film Festival. The majority of Kearah-Armonie’s work has been micro-budget indie films and series’ that  reflect the identities and experiences of Black Women and Queer/Trans people. This year they were a finalist in Reel Sisters of The Diaspora’s Micro Budget film fellowship, receiving an honorable mention for their short script “Dozen”. Kearmonie is a 2023 Create Change Fellow with The Laundromat Project, implementing their own creativity along with cultural organizing in the work they do to support the needs of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. As a 2021 ICA (Innovative Cultural Advocacy) Fellow with Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Kearmonie launched the community based organization “Its Time We Get Back Home”; a safe haven for fellowship, education, and love based in Brooklyn. 

Kearmonie began their journey as a spoken word poet and writer in 2011 and is now a mentor and teaching artist. Having worked with various organizations such as Urban Word NYC, The Shed, and The Harlem Children’s Zone over the past decade they offer poetry lessons and skills to encourage youth voice and explore creative action through writing, storytelling, and performance for as young as elementary school students across NYC. Kearmonie’s poetry often exhibits the condition of the Black American from a queer millennial lens, with personal accounts of love, family, oppression, and womanism. They have performed in spaces/at events such as The New York City Poetry Festival, The People’s Forum, Bowery Poetry Club, New York Live Arts, and The Nuyorican Poets Café, and their work has been featured on platforms such as BET Facebook Live and For Harriet. Their writing can be found in Genre: Urban Arts, No Dear Magazine, Black Minds Mag, and Great Weather for Media’s anthology “The Other Side of Violet”.

 Since 2018, each year for Black History Month Kearmonie presents the photo project #28ShadesofBlackMagic, a collection of portraits featuring 28 Black creatives and entrepreneurs for each day of February, via instagram (@28shadesofblackmagic). 

   Kearmonie offers freelance film editing services, spoken word performances and workshops, panel appearances, event hosting/organizing, and more. For inquiries please visit the Booking page.