Executive Director and Founder, Oluwaseun Babalola, is a Brooklyn-bred, Sierra Leonean-Nigerian award-winning director, Emmy-nominated producer, exhibited photographer, and nonprofit founder/executive director. She has produced for CNN, HBO, CNBC, PBS, Netflix, AMC, Starz, and The Africa Channel, among others. She is also a DOC NYC 40 under 40 Honoree, an initiative celebrating emerging talent in the documentary field.
Oluwaseun is also a community organizer, having hosted and executed panels, events, and conventions internationally, with over a decade of travel, film, and television expertise in 20+ countries.
This experience-based knowledge, and passion for equity and autonomy for Black creators (as a Black, African, creator herself), led to the creation of Kosinima, Inc.