2022 / ITVS Humanities Documentary Development Fellowship, funded by National Endowment for the Humanities
2021/ National Association of Black Journalists’s Grant
2015/ Film Plenary at Caribbean Studies Association Conference, New Orleans
2015/ Winner: Impact Award, Caribbean Tales Film Festival
2015/ In Competition: Best Long Documentary, Al Jazeera Documentary Festival
2015/ Nominee: Best Film by a Woman of Color, African Diaspora Int’l Film Festival NY
2015/ Official Selection: Havana Film Festival
2014/ In Competition: Best Feature Documentary Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival .
2014/ In Competition: Best Feature Documentary Pan African Film Festival
2010/ Winner: Ousmane Sembene Award, Zanzibar International Film Festival
2010/ Winner: Best Documentary, Kenya International Film Festival
2010/ Official Selection BFI London Film Festival
2010/ Official Selection FESPACO
2010/ In Competition, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
2009/ In Competition, Best Documentary Feature IDFA
