ZAHRI JOSITA JACKSON is a filmmaker and actor from Prince George's County, MD, based in New York whose work explores the inner lives of Black girls and women, where loneliness and longing unfold in vivid color and sharp, deliberate shadow.
In addition to appearing in works for HBO, Disney+, and Netflix and formerly co-directing the digital zine, TEAM Mag, Zahri was honored as a 2021 Gucci Changemaker, and landed production roles at Culture.House Media and Paramount+ with Showtime. In 2022, Zahri earned her BFA in Film & Television from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Zahri’s debut short film, In My Garden, had its World Premiere at the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, its Mid-Atlantic Premiere at the Baltimore International Black Film Festival, and its New York premiere at the Chelsea Film Festival in 2023. She is currently in post-production for her sophomore film, $FREE.99, produced in partnership with the Gucci Creative Fellows Program.
Press
MadameNoire and Haute Living for Gucci Creative Fellows CultureCon 2024 Panel
WWD, The Cut, and V Magazine for the 2021 Gucci Changemaker Announcement (2021)
Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 feature on Sage Dolan-Sandrino, founder of TEAM Mag (2020)
Blavity "Crowdfunding This" Series Highlight on In My Garden (2023)