"One of the top film educators from around the globe"

Variety Magazine

"For nearly two decades, the San Antonio native (Ya’Ke) has been making films that grapple with race and social change"

The Texas Monthly

"25 screenwriters to watch"

Moviemaker magazine

Edwin

The Pandemic Chronicles

Brother

Dear Bruh

Dawn

Katrina’s Son

The Beginning and Ending of Everything

Wolf

Heavenly

Press

Ya’Ke’s film aims, not to rectify the increasingly business-centric nature of news reporting, but to offer another point of view — to add dimension, nuance and humanity to something not much more than a thirty second news package to the rest of the country.

—The Moving Arts Film Journal

Screenings/Awards

International Distribution – One Digital

Best Web Series Director – The Austin Revolution Film Festival

Best Web Series Director – The Austin Revolution Film Festival

Best Ensemble Performance – The Dallas Videofest

Best Web Series Nominee – The American Black Film Festival

Best Web Series Nominee – The Sidewalk Film Festival

Best Web Series Nominee – The Austin Revolution Film Festival

Best Short Film Award Nominee – The San Antonio Black Film Festival

Best LGBTQ Themed Film Nominee – The Austin Revolution Film Festival

Best Web Series Nominee – The Austin Film Festival

The Beginning and Ending of Everything