Everything Latavia creates is coated in sentimentality.
Born in Liberty City, Miami-born, raised in Peterborough, UK, and based Los Angeles Latavia Young is a writer, director, and creative producer who's upbringing predispose her toward the exploration of family, culture, love, and connection at the intersection of race, poverty, and formative years. Her recent directed work includes “The Burden of Context", a biographical short documentary revealing the living legacy of slavery, segregation, and gentrification in Miami and its influence on her family narrative and “My Fierce Aunt Bianca” a short documentary centering the life and legacy of the trans-starlette featured on the cover of Blood Orange’s Coastal Grooves Album which premiered in 2023 at Inside Out Toronto and in 2024 was programmed into The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art.
Latavia is in pre-production for her upcoming narrative short film "Peeling" centering 10 year old Kendra as she comes of age in Liberty City, experiences foundational moments in love and relationships, and becomes aware of her vulnerabilities.
Latavia has been a part of the development and production of shows such as “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC), “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street” (Netflix), “Shadowland” (Peacock), “Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich” (Netflix), “A Black Lady Sketch Show” (HBO), “Everyone Else Burns” (Ch4, CW), “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” (Netflix) and films including “Cypher” (Hulu), and “Fire Island” (Hulu). She has produced music videos for Summer Salt, Breakup Shoes, R&B artist Ayelle and podcasts for former President Bill Clinton, Amazon Studios, and AppleTV+. Latavia was a part of the producing team for “Grace”, a narrative short illuminating the intersection of girlhood, Blackness, and queerness in the 1950's U.S. South; which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Extending her creative direction into the film distribution, fashion, and digital space, Latavia consulted as the creative director of brand development for vintage curator Produce Section, creative produced the Fall and Winter 2024 Jenni Kayne campaigns, and crafted the digital story for the Michael Ealy starring and Joshua Kissi directed film "It Takes A Village".
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