Filmmaker, Lynette Elouise is a multi-media artist with five years of media experience and over ten years of theater experience who recently completed "Afrodescendiente," a documentary short examining the hierarchical construct of race with a focus in Cuba. While at The New School she founded two entities, “Muse Methods,” a production company, and “Pura’s House,” a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing media literacy by working with at-risk youth throughout NYC public schools. Her ultimate goal is to influence future generations’ depiction of African Diaspora voices through her art catalogue and youth empowerment.
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Your gift is your voice.
Use it to tell our stories, babygirl.
/ grandmaster reno morales /
Background
Lynette is a native New Yorker of African American and Puerto Rican descent. She spent her youth studying theater, playwriting, dance and music at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts with actor and activist Edwin Lee Gibson as her mentor, acting coach and advisor. Under Mr. Gibson’s wing, Ms. Elouise fell in love with the art of storytelling and grew passionate about purposeful art - specifically, telling the diverse stories of black and brown bodies. She carried this passion with her while attending Penn State University.
While at Penn State University, Lynette experienced - for the first time - racial profiling and stereotyping through her discussion based courses and interactions with local police. Her experiences during undergrad fortified her mission to defy stereotypes, educate others on blackness and uplift black and brown bodies through her art.
Since Penn State, Lynette Elouise has taught theater and introductory dance lessons at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts; hosted community based discussion forums; interviewed local artists and athletes for “ELZ” and “On The Rise”; held positions at BET Networks and Hulu; wrote, produced and/or acted in independent films, short films and web series; taught media literacy classes in NYC public schools; received her MS in Media Management from The New School University; and, founded Muse Methods - a production company - and Pura’s House, Inc. - a not-for-profit organization.
In May 2019, Lynette Elouise hosted “Survivor’s Song” - an interdisciplinary art experience focused on African Diasporic art. Here she showcased her paintings, Pejota photography, a live performance from Kas, as well as the screening of “Ayiti: The Awakening” by Sage Love (an award winning filmmaker) and her premiere documentary short, “Afrodescendiente.”