ABOUT
Chico Colvard - Director | Producer
Chico received his J.D. from Boston College Law School.
He currently teaches "Race, Law & Media" related courses at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a former Filmmaker-in-
Residence at WGBH, Firelight Media Producers’ Lab Graduate and
Sundance Institute Creative Producing Fellow. Chico is the
recipient of numerous grants including the LEF Moving Image Fund,
Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media and Ford Foundation.
Chico is a frequent panelist at festivals and recent juror at
Full Frame, IFFBoston and Silverdocs. He is the current DocYard
moderator, a bi-weekly film series that screens current
documentaries at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Chico's feature-length documentary, FAMILY AFFAIR, premiered in
competition at Sundance and has since won several awards and
screened around the world. FAMILY AFFAIR is the first documentary
acquired by Oprah Winfrey for her new cable channel, OWN. Chico's current film project is a love story
about the people who consume, manufacture and assume the
identities of black memorabilia.
WINNER: Best Documentary Feature - Atlanta Film Festival
WINNER: Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature - Independent Film Festival Boston
WINNER: Best Documentary Feature - Cincinnati Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary Feature - Duke City DocFest, Albuquerque
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sundance, Full Frame, Silverdocs, HotDocs & IDA DocuWeeks
