Director's Bio

Born and raised in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lamont Nathaniel Gibson makes documentaries and narrative films that explore the dynamic tension between race, class, and gender in underprivileged, urban, African-American communities. His short film, OMAD (2018), about two young African-American Baptist men, whose romantic love threatens their place in their families, screened at Temple University’s Diamond Screen Film and Media Arts Festival in 2018. His documentary Years To Become Me (2018), about an African-American college freshman struggling with financial aid debt and his burgeoning bisexuality, was screened at Diamond Screen Film Series: Diamond Docs in 2018.