Director

Cai Thomas

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 2818603

IMDb ID: nm12519887

Known for: Directing

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2020 - 2026

Years active: 7

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Biography

Cai Thomas is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in Chicago telling stories at the intersection of location, self determination, and identity about Black youth and elders. She grew up in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood and is deeply interested in stories rooted in place. Her previous film, Queenie, about a Black lesbian elder in Brooklyn’s Bed Stuy neighborhood premiered at NewFest in 2020 winning the NY Short Grand Jury award and is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel. She is a NeXt Doc alum. Cai is currently developing a film about Black Lesbian family planning.

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