Biography
Tayarisha Poe is a storyteller from West Philadelphia who believes that all stories are inherently multi-sensory and multi-dimensional, and thus should be told that way. She received recognition including selection as one of 25 New Faces by Filmmaker Magazine (2015), the Sundance Institute's Knight Foundation Fellowship (2016), selection for Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs (2017), and designation as a 2017 Pew Fellow. Her debut feature film, "SELAH AND THE SPADES," premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Sample Works
- Selah and the Spades (2019) Film
- The Young Wife (2024) Film
Roundtable Appearances
June 8, 2019 · ▶ Video
Status
A recent New York Times article proclaimed "status anxiety" one of the defining preoccupations of our time (Michelle Goldberg, "Status Anxiety and the Scam Economy," March 15,...
W. Warner Burke, James L. Fuller, David Levine, Darrin McMahon, Tayarisha Poe