Director of Rubbish: The Queer Kingdom of Leilah Babirye and Impact and Engagement Consultant for the Archival Producers Alliance's Generative AI Initiative
About
AX Mina (Director, Producer) is a filmmaker, artist and author and director of Rubbish: The Queer Kingdom of Leilah Babirye. She's written about art, culture and global politics for over a decade, and her second book, Hanmoji Handbook, co-authored with Jason Li and Jennifer 8. Lee, is a Kirkus Best Book of 2022 and teaches the Chinese language through emoji. She is a Senior Civic Media Fellow at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism and Communications and member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia and the Asian American Documentary Network. She also works at the American Journalism Project and is a board member of the Rabkin Foundation and a founding board member of the News Product Alliance.
