Celia C. Peters

Celia C. Peters is a filmmaker and artist of the new millennium exploring the horizons of character-driven work featuring compelling stories and authentically diverse characters. She explores narratives rooted in the emotional complexity of the human experience. She has curated and produced panels, screenings, and readings of Afrofuturism and science fiction by Black creators at the California African American Museum, New York Comic Con, the 2017 Afropunk Festival, Tribeca Film Center, and the National Black Theater of Harlem. Her graphic art, photography and video work have shown at galleries in New York, London, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Detroit, Cleveland and Columbus. Peters’ prize-winning film work has been featured in the Talent Lab at the 2018 Reykjavik International Film Festival, CultivEight, a feature film development incubator sponsored by the NEA Art Works Program, the FAME Film/Arts Festival in London, and BET’s The Best Shorts series. She has also been awarded residencies at the Wexner Center for the Arts and Hawthornden International Retreat. artisticfreedomltd.com