A director and a cinematographer, Jessie is a pioneer in the film industry – one of the first Black women to helm a feature film and the first Black woman in the NY camera union. See her film TWICE AS NICE, which portrays twin college women’s basketball players competing to go pro. Scripted by S. Pearl Sharp and co-starring WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper-Dyke. Ms Maple will speak after the film about her career and will have her book for signing, The Maple Crew: A Memoir.

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Sponsored by the Documentary Forum at CCNY, the Black Studies Program at CCNY, Third World Newsreel, Black Public Media and Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival.