Kyla Harris is a filmmaker, writer and activist who applies an intersectional approach to all of her work. She is a member of the Disability Screen Advisory Group for the British Film Institute (BFI) that advises and supports inclusivity in the industry, including the most recent British Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) Review. Kyla has been a panelist for a number of organisations including the BFI, Birds Eye View and Hot Docs Festival, often advocating for people who share her own identities as a queer, disabled women of colour. Along with Filmmakers With Disabilities (FWD-Doc) she co-wrote A Toolkit for Inclusion & Accessibility: Changing the Narrative of Disability in Documentary Film in association with Doc Society and Netflix as well as The FWD-Doc Engagement Pack in association with Doc Society and the BFI. Her short film It’s Personal, that she co-directed and wrote, was commissioned by the Film Video Umbrella and is their most viewed film to date. She is currently co-writing a television series in development with Ash Atalla and Roughcut TV for Channel 4.

Image Description: Kyla, a person of colour in her 30’s with dark hair, wearing a green fake fur coat, sits in a raised power chair, looking defiantly into the camera.