About Resita Heavenly Cox

 Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Resita Cox (b. 1994) creates poetic portrayals of her community's resilience against racism. Her films, centered on Southern Black communities, use intimate narratives to explore environmental justice and hidden Black histories. Her debut film, Freedom Hill, premiered nationally on PBS in 2024. Cox is a Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator Fellow, North Star Fellow, 2024 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellow (Ford Foundation), a 2025 Chicken & Egg Eggcelorator Fellow, and 2024/2025 Grounded Possibilities Environmental Justice Fellow. She holds an MFA from Northwestern University and was named an Esteemed Artist by the City of Chicago in 2022.

She is developing her debut feature, Basketball Heaven, a love letter to her hometown, Kinston, NC. This film won the 2023 South Pitch Documentary with New Orleans Film Society, is supported by the Sundance Institute, and is a co-production with PBS through ITVS's Open Call. Her work is supported by Sundance, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Perspective Fund, PBS, Cucalorus, South Arts, Points North Institute, Chicago Filmmakers, and the Field Foundation. Cox also organizes an annual youth media camp in eastern North Carolina, The Freedom Hill Youth Media Camp.