Benita Ozoude

Benita Ozoude is a Journalism and Radio-Television, and Film graduate from the University of Texas at Austin. A Nigerian documentary filmmaker who wants to give underrepresented communities a platform to share their stories. Benita has worked for 2x Oscar Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple and other media companies such as NFL Network, PBS, NPR, and The Hollywood Reporter. She also received the 2018 Horizon Award presented by The Sundance Film Festival and the 2021 Short Documentary Jury Award at the Austin Film Festival. 
 

Benita is passionate about paying it forward and was a high school audio and video production teacher for four years. Her students are her family and worth every investment. 

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