Lucretia Stinnette
Writer, Director, Producer
Lucretia Stinnette is co-owner of blackSQR and a filmmaker whose work takes a nuanced look at the ways that class, economics and racial identity shape the interior lives and lived experiences of women of color. Her films blur the line between fiction and reality, as in her short film Quyen. Quyen was awarded the KQED Film School Shorts Best Film, and an official selection at the New Orleans Film Festival, L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival, Munich Festival of Film Schools, among many others.
As a fellow in the 2021 class of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Stinnette is in post-production on her most recent short film, Redondo. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Princess Grace Graduate Film Scholarship, and the SFFilm Rainin Foundation Grant. Born and raised in Chicago, Lucretia has lived in countries such as Ghana, South Africa and South Korea.
Darren Colston
Writer, Producer, Filmmaker
Darren Colston is a screenwriter and producer for BlackSQR Productions. He has established a career in film, working both in the Bay Area and Southern California. His body of work touches all things film. He has served as a creative and producer for numerous commercials, music videos, documentaries, short films and feature films.
Darren sees film and art as opportunities to communicate and address complicated societal issues under the guise of entertainment and beauty. Mondays are in his blood and he is ready to work.