Peer Consultant Featured in Locals -Only Miami Short Film Festival

Janay Joseph, NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) undergraduate peer consultant, was featured in the Locals Only Miami Short Film Festival, November 14, 2021. Joseph’s “She Had a Dream: Eula Johnson’s Fight to Desegregate Broward County” appeared in the documentary category. Joseph is a History and International Studies major in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Joseph’s film tells the story of local civil rights leader, Eula Johnson, who led the 1961 Wade-in protests at Fort Lauderdale Beach; she was also the first woman president of the Broward chapter of the NAACP. Alongside Tara Chadwick, Joseph worked on the project during an internship with History Fort Lauderdale between January and May 2020. Joseph attributes part of her work on this project to the WCC, explaining that “while screening and promoting the film, I used a lot of writing and communication skills I gained from the Writing and Communication Center to clearly convey the message of the film. Also, during the filmmaking process, I talked with several members of the Sistrunk community who guided the messaging of this film”.

Joseph’s “She Had a Dream” debuted at the 2021 NSU Undergraduate Student Symposium, where it won first place among film projects.  Joseph also submitted the film to 16 other film festivals, both locally and globally. It was accepted by the Montreal Independent Flim Festival; Flint Youth Film Festival; Museum Talkies International Film Festival; First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions;  MIAMI short FILM FESTIVAL; Woodstock Museum 22nd Annual Film Festival; Global Peace Film Festival; Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul – Brasil, África, Caribe e Outras Diásporas 14 anos; and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Access Joseph’s film and other films in the 2021 Locals Only category by visiting https://www.miamishortfilmfestival.com/2021-program-schedule/locals-only-volume-2/.

To learn more about the NAACP Broward Chapter, visit https://ftlaudnaacp.tripod.com/.

To learn more about the NSU Writing & Communication Center, visit https://www.nova.edu/wcc/.

Posted 03/13/22