TANYA HAMILTON moved to the United States from Jamaica at the age of eight. She studied at Cooper Union and then got her MFA at Columbia before making her first feature film Night Catches Us (2010).

Night Catches Us  was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

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Movie director Tanya Hamilton talks about debut film ‘Night Catches Us’
Night Catches Us Website
Columbia University
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