Maya Williams

Maya Williams (ey/em, they/them, & she/her) is a writer based in Portland, ME. Maya has contributed to spaces such as The Tempest, Black Youth Project, RaceBaitr, The Gay Gaze, and more.

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A Conversation with Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams about AfroPoP

A Conversation with Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams about AfroPoP

AfroPoP is a series by Black Public Media and WORLD that features stories of contemporary…

Navigating Grief and Storytelling in ‘To Live and Die and Live’: A Conversation with Skye P. Marshall and Qasim Basir

To Live and Die and Live is based on director and writer Qasim Basir’s journey…

Mykelti Williamson and Human-Centered Ministry for the Release of ‘The Last Rodeo’

Neal McDonough co-writes and stars in The Last Rodeo, co-written and directed by Jon Avnet.…

Watching ‘Losing Isaiah’ Thirty Years Later

Losing Isaiah, based on the novel of the same name, was released thirty years ago…

Tiffany Boone on Voicing Sarabi in ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’

Black Girl Nerds had the honor and privilege to interview Tiffany Boone, the voice of…

In this Second Era of Trump, I Don’t Want More Films about Empathizing with Nazis

There are a lot of things we have every right to be scared of in…

How Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’ Can Present a Conversation about Black-Jew Solidarity

A couple of years now since his directorial/screenwriting debut When You Finish Saving the World,…

Don’t Nod and Deck Nine’s Obsession with POC and Queer People’s Suffering

In 2015, the world became enamored with teenage time traveler Max Caulfield’s (Hannah Telle) journey…

5 Worst Depictions of Suicide for People of Color on Television

A great thing about television is how it may normalize people of color navigating their…

Diving into the Pool of Frida Kahlo’s Complexities in ‘Frida,’ with Filmmaker Carla Gutierrez

Black Girl Nerds had the opportunity to speak with Carla Gutierrez, documentary director of Frida.…