Ngardy Conteh George (MIT & Black Public Media Fellow) is an award-winning Sierra Leonean-Canadian filmmaker committed to working with underrepresented communities, especially those that represent the rich cultures and complexities of the African Diaspora. Her films include TV hour Mr. Jane and Finch (CBC) winner of two Canadian Screen Awards and Sundance Documentary Film Fund supported feature-length documentary The Flying Stars (Best documentary – BronzeLens Film Festival, 2015). She has been a Sundance Institute Program Fellow and supported by the Toronto and Ontario Art Councils and Canada Council for the Arts. Ngardy is the co-founder of OYA Media Group, a Black women-led production company and has two feature length documentaries in production. Along with Alison Duke she leads the OYA Emerging Filmmakers Program. She is currently working on her first 360VR project, ‘Wa’Omoni Rising’ and is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and a board member of the Documentary Organization of Canada – Ontario Chapter.