In a 10-year span, filmmaker Rachelle Salnave’s work has garnered many accolades, including “Best Documentary” at the 2010 African World Documentary Film Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, “Beacon of Hope and Achievement” Award from the General Consulate of the Republic of Haiti in Miami, and the Sundance Institute 2015 Screenwriters Intensive Fellow. She has recently been nominated for a 2016 EMMY for her feature documentary, “La Belle Vie: The Good Life,” which examines her Haitian identity.

Salnave is a Knight Foundation recipient and named as the 2017 “Knight Champion” her leadership in the film community in Miami. February 2018 she begins the launch of her new monthly film series entitled the Black Lounge Film Series in which she will be bringing films to Historic Overtown that explore the Black experience. Presented in partnership with the Black Lounge Film Series 2018.