PRESS

We Will Be Who We Are, Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda’s latest short film explores love and freedom in Sierra Leone

Nataal

Who Speaks for Iran, Interview with Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda

Africa’s a Country

Afro-Iranian community grapples with new war

BBC Africa

Searing Social Critiques Meet Experimental, Mystic Narratives as Gripping African Shorts Bow at Locarno Open Doors

Variety

Where My Memory Began selected by Locarno, Open Doors Screenings
Locarno

Five African Directors to watch at Locarno
Screendaily

We Will Be Who We Are selected by Vogue, Women by Women
Vogue

Everyday Iranians, what about Iranian narrative agency?
Africa’s a Country

Weaving the Unthought: the little-known history of Iranian cinema uncovers its overlooked history of slavery and anti-blackness
Africa’s a Country

2024

Celebrating Black Women’s expansive visions
Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equality (AFRE)

2023

Blackness is a surprise, Iran, Race beyond borders, season 2, episode 4
Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equality (AFRE)

2022

Women, Life, Freedom
Vogue

2022

Celebrating Noruz as a Black Iranian
AlJazeera, The Take

2021

Shining a spotlight on Iran’s Black community
France 24

2021

Writing Ourselves Into Existence with the Collective for Black Iranians
MERIP

2021

A conversation with Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda
Black Women Radicals

2021

Hasteem, We Are Here exhibit debuts
BBC Persian

2021

We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians
The Markaz Review

2021

The Collective for Black Iranians Debuts their Inaugural Exhibit in Philly
Muslim Girl

2021

‘We are part of the tapestry’: Black Iranians launch collective
AlJazeera

2020

Why I talk to warlords
BBC World

2020

2026

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2026

2025

2025

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2025

2025