B.A. Williams
writer | filmmaker | ideator
 

B.A. Williams (they/she) is a writer and filmmaker. Originally from Long Beach, CA, they now call New Jersey home, where they live with their wife, Nikki, and child, Morrison. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing and are pursuing their Master’s in Media Studies at The New School, where they wrote, filmed, and directed their first short documentary film If I’m Being Honest, exploring familial history and unearthing painful truths, resulting in a National Board of Review nomination and a world premiere at the 15th annual DOC NYC Festival.

B.A. is interested in exploring themes of Blackness, motherhood, belonging, and longing in their films and, at the same time, juggling the tall task of shifting and centering the narrative surrounding queerness by focusing on the beauty of mundane queer life. Their writing is featured in Rigorous Magazine, Every-Other Broadsides (defunct), The Rumpus, and The New York Times: Parenting.