Kenya-Jade Pinto

aspiring ancestor 👵🏽🇰🇪🇨🇦🇮🇳 photographer + filmmaker

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

Are you, or do you know an emerging photographer that I can add to my list and connect with? Ideally someone you can vouch for 👇🏽

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

*quietly opens door and looks into the room*

I, uh, haven’t been here for a while — but I need your help. I’m lucky to be in a place where I am passing along projects to emerging photographers and I’m looking to build my Rolodex in Toronto.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

CYNARA is streaming on @hotdocs_ ONLINE until May 9.

https://t.co/oVOoUunw2V

#womenphotograph #womeninfilm

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

So, when I was invited on set as a photographer, I was already so connected to the story. I fluttered quietly around @ChristianBielz while he worked his magic, marveling and how accurately production designer @Nicole_Simmons_ recreated everything.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

As legal researcher, I pored over legal transcripts, pulling from foundational learnings in Sheehy’s crim classes at @uocommonlaw, (🙏🏽) and was so grateful to @wilhelminastef (formerly of @InnocenceCanada) for the resources she shared. Then @sherien and I assembled the issues.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

@aishalovesfilm @HotDocs Thanks Aisha! Congrats on the short 🙂 Hope you had a lovely rest of the festival.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

What generous news to start the day with. Congratulations to our amazing team + to all others nominated. Thank you for trusting and sharing your story with us, Tamara. 🙏🏽

[The Walrus @thewalrus]

Best Investigative Reporting: “Rights and Wrongs” by Martin Patriquin. Editor: @cstarnino, fact checker: @emmawilkie, and photographer: @kenyajade #NMA23 https://t.co/NfLaLHST6L

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

I'm energized + grateful as ever to have the support of @HotDocs and their belief in the power of our film and our team. Looking forward to collaborating with a stellar group of folks in this incubator! 💫

[Hot Docs Industry @HotDocsIndustry]

📣 We're please to announce the 5 Canadian #doc projects that will receive a total of $175,000 as part of the Hot Docs Incubator program—the newest pillar of our award-winning Canadian Storytellers Project!

Check out the projects here: https://t.co/gqKRFuUwgi

[Frequent Flyer Films @FFFilms_]

Our doc crew was small but mighty! Meet 3 of our key team behind the scenes of #Cynara: @ChristianBielz - our cinematographer, Dave Draper - our sound operator; and Dina Attalla - our first assistant camera. Photo Credit (Christian and Dina): @kenyajade.

[Off the Tracks Podcast @offthetracks_]

On today's episode of Off the Tracks, we are joined by @kenyajade. Kenya-Jade is an Indo-Kenyan-Canadian documentary photographer, filmmaker, & lawyer. Her work focuses on non-fiction & narrative projects that navigate themes of displacement, belonging, & access to justice.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

Thank you so much for having me!

[Off the Tracks Podcast @offthetracks_]

@kenyajade also gives us an exclusive behind the scenes look at her new photo exhibit, “Storytelling, Migration Journeys, and Technology,” which premiers today(!) at the @BKCHarvard. Find the episode here: https://t.co/cCaqXvEOTQ

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

My superpower🦹🏽‍♀️is my ability to professionally chameleon into whichever space I’m in — building intimacy and trust.

Stay tuned for more!

#WomenInFilm @womenphotograph @DiversifyPhoto #hirebipoc

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

In 2023, I'm excited to share more work on set that's finally making its way out from under embargo, and find my way onto more sets too ⚡

https://t.co/zAwtWZMUOx

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

I’m a documentarian through and through, so whether fiction or documentary, I find and frame the little moments which make up the arc of a minute, a day, a shooting block, or a production.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

@Haki_na_Sheria Great work folks. 🙌

[BLINKY @HeyHeyBlinky]

A meaningful vision will also take time to execute. If it was easy everyone would do it.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

The folks at @womenphotograph leading with data + care. This info is disappointing, but not super surprising. Hire us, we out here! 🙋🏽‍♀️

[Women Photograph @womenphotograph]

Every day since 2017, the Women Photograph data team has recorded the byline of the lead photos on the front pages of 8 international newspapers. For the first time, fewer women + nonbinary photogs appeared on the front pages in 2022 than the year before.

[Kenya-Jade Pinto @kenyajade]

brb, Homer Simpsoning into the digital bushes: