ZAHRI JOSITA JACKSON is a filmmaker and actor from Prince George's County, MD, based in Brooklyn, NY whose work explores themes of loneliness and flawed Black woman- and girlhood on a visual backdrop of vibrant colors and high-contrasting shadows. While performing 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. 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 (2020)
Blavity's "Crowdfunding This" Series Highlight on In My Garden (2023)