Vernon Jordan, III

Vernon Jordan, III is a Philly-born ‘n raised writer, filmmaker, poet, and teaching artist. As an afrofuturist, he expands upon African American memories, dreams, hauntings, queer kinship, and intimate fluidity; his priority is the merging of the visual and the musical: a Visual Lyricist. With a BA from Muhlenberg College (’16) and an MFA from Brooklyn College (‘19), Vernon is the Assistant Director of Programs at cinéSpeak, has taught as a Professor at Moore College of Art and Design, and will be joining the faculty at UArts in Spring 2023. Their recent short film, ONE MAGENTA AFTERNOON, has played at seven film festivals across the U.S. and two internationally, and is being developed into a feature film called Lavender Boy as part of the Outfest 2022 Screenwriting Lab; they are also a recipient of the 2022 Leeway Transformation Award.