What ‘Dahmer’ is teaching us about race

Do all lives of crime victims matter?

The Dallas Morning News

01.31.23

What I learned from COVID writers block

Busy-ness is the enemy of an authentic voice

The Dallas Morning News

01.22.23

Ya’Ke pens op-ed on the film ‘She Said’

‘She Said’ offers a powerful exposé of abusive Hollywood systems

The Dallas Morning News

11.19.22

Ya’Ke pens emotional tribute commemorating the third anniversary of his cousin’s death.

I made it out of the inner-city. My cousin didn't. Mourning him is complicated.

The Dallas Morning News

10.02.22

Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom to screen as part of the Texas Competition at this year’s Dallas International Film Festival

The film will screen as part of the festival's opening night celebration

The Dallas International Film Festival

09.30.22

Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom Selected to Screen at the Heartland Film Festival

The Heartland Film Festival

09.30.22

Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom, directed by Ya’Ke now streaming online

A Black American is troubled by the legacy of American slavery and the misuse of Christianity to justify it. He travels throughout Texas discovering the true meaning of Juneteenth.

Our Daily Bread

09.30.22

Ya’Ke Directs Premiere Episode of Season Three of the Hit Show TALES for BET

A passionate lawyer raised by Black Panthers sets out to convict the police officer who murdered a Black girl.

BET

09.30.22

On Juneteenth, celebrate and remember

Ya'Ke Pens Juneteenth Op-Ed for the Dallas Morning News and the San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News

09.30.22

The herculean feats of motherhood that we never see

Ya'Ke Pens Mother's Day Op-Ed for the Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

09.30.22

Northwest Film Forum’s ‘Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities’ champions Black filmmakers

“The Pandemic Chronicles” is a candid and timely representation of life during COVID-19

The Daily of The University of Washington

03.10.21

The Pandemic Chronicles and Brother are both nominated at the Black Reel Awards

Both films are nominated in the Outstanding Short Film category.

Black Reel Awards/Deadline

03.10.21

The Pandemic Chronicles wins Best Episodic Series at the Denton Black Film Festival

The Denton Black Film Festival

03.09.21

Brother to screen at the Denton Black Film Festival

The films in this collection tackle some of society’s most difficult topics – adding light and transparency to subjects we talk about a lot but still don’t quite understand.

Denton Black Film Festival

01.07.21

The Pandemic Chronicles to screen at the Denton Black Film Festival

The world may have stopped in 2020 but these filmmakers didn't stay idle. Their creativity adapted to new ways of working to share challenging, yet familiar stories.

Denton Black Film Festival

01.07.21

The Pandemic Chronicles win an Audience Choice Award at the Capital City Black Film Festival

Capital City Black Film Festival

01.06.21

The Pandemic Chronicles win the Audience Choice Award at the Centre Film Festival

A film for our times

Centre Film Festival

01.06.21

Ya’Ke is awarded the Oscar Micheax Award from the Bare Bones Film Festival

Awarded to a Filmmaker that exudes the legacy left by early film pioneer Oscar Micheaux.

Bare Bones Film Festival

01.06.21

Ya’Ke is awarded Best Director at the Victoria Texas Indie Film Festival

Brother which examines racism as the friendship between two teenagers is put to the test once a prejudiced older sibling returns home from prison.

The Victoria Texas Indie Film Festival

01.06.21

Brother wins an award at the Bare Bones Film Festival

Brother won 2nd place in the Drama Shorts Category

The Bare Bones Film Festival

10.06.20