Chaminade Julienne grad wins big at film festival

>> Movie filmed in Dayton will be Robert Redford’s last, actor says

The show, the Wright State University grad’s first film project of its size, discusses what it is like to be “black and queer in Midwestern America.”

The series’ first two shows opened for the Emmy-nominated webseries “Brown Girls” at last year’s Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Mo.

>> RELATED: Why this Daytonian is filming a ‘Hot & Bothered’ queer comedy 

Byrd writes, directs and co-stars in the series. 

Credit: Photo: Leah Byrd

Credit: Photo: Leah Byrd