So Young So Pretty So White

Chanelle Aponte Pearson​ was awarded the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors “Live the Dream” grant for the narrative series 195 Lewis, her directorial debut. Her film So Young So Pretty So White delves into the practice of skin lightening. She also produced the critically acclaimed feature film An Oversimplification of her Beauty, which premiered in the New Frontier section of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2012 Gotham Award for “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.” As chief operating officer, Chanelle also oversees the management and operations of MVMT, a Brooklyn-based film production company.

Terence Nance is a performance artist, filmmaker, musician, photographer, and faculty member of the MFA in Film at Vermont College of Fine Arts. In 2014, he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts. His first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, is an IFP Narrative lab alumnus and premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play at over 50 film festivals worldwide. The film’s critical success prompted the New York Times to name Nance one of “20 Directors to Watch,” and Filmmaker Magazine named him one of “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” He is developing his second narrative feature, The Lobbyists. He’s also co-directing a verité film on global skin bleaching and developing an installation about intimacy called Day.