Bio

Adja Gildersleve (pronoun: Adja) is a filmmaker, photographer, and educator based in Minneapolis. Adja is committed to fighting oppression by any means necessary —including practices that lead to becoming a healthy elder. Adja’s work has been featured in MTV/Paramount, Spotify, Al Jazeera, PBS, The Guardian, Business Insider and Fusion. Adja’s dream is to work with Issa Rae on a sci-fi film where two Black women travel back in time to save the world from the zombie apocalypse aka colonization/capitalism— scratch that— they’re just living their best lives. All of this with a bundle of your favorite Capricorn traits.