Terry Blade is a multimedia artist/director who treats music and sound as testimony. Rooted in the traditions of Black American sound yet unbound by genre, he creates work that preserves memory, confronts identity, and amplifies voices too often left unheard. His multidisciplinary vision has earned recognition on some of the world’s most premier stages, including the Tribeca Festival, where his visual work was celebrated among leading innovators in film and media, and other Academy Award®-qualifying, BAFTA-qualifying, or Canadian Screen Award-qualifying film festivals such as the LA Shorts International Film Festival, the Leeds International Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, and the Regina International Film Festival and Awards.