Kayla Briët
Directing
Known For

After surviving sexual assault, a queer Chinese-American woman struggles to tell her immigrant mother why she left school. As she disassociates, she develops the ability to teleport and must learn how to control her powers.
Safe Among Stars

As rising sealevels threaten locations touched by the Pacific Ocean in Hawaiʻi, the Philippines, China, and North America, four women give offerings of music, poetry and heartfelt testimonial to preserve the volcano, ocean, air and land for future generations.
Afterearth

The American Southwest holds a dark legacy as the place where nuclear weapons were invented and built. Navajo people have long held this place sacred, and continue to fight for a future that transcends historical trauma. This is their story.
Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History

A trans Anishinaabe man meets a young Anishinaabe woman who pushes him to reconnect with their culture.
Mino Bimaadiziwin

A mother and daughter confront their relationship with grief during a surreal visit to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Fighting Giants

Language, dance, music and Potowatomi history are woven into a wise weft by a self-taught young director in this beautiful homage to the teachings and cultural heritage of the director’s father.