devon smith

Devon "Vonnie" Smith (b.1991, NorthSide Milwaukee, WI) is a research-based cultural worker, who. uses various modes of documentary production to preserve Black diasporic histories, with intentions of disrupting and dismantling systems of erasure. His cinema practice deviates from conventional forms of storytelling and narrative, and instead utilizes experiential aesthetics to engage viewers and participants in the work. Vonnie is currently based in Dallas-Fort Worth with his wife and three children. He is a Professor of Practice in Film Production at the Southern Methodist University.