51°µÍø

Devon "Vonnie" Smith (b.1991, Northside Milwaukee, WI) is a research-based cultural worker, who uses various modes of documentary production to preserve Black diasporic histories, with intentions of disrupting and dismantling systems of erasure. His cinema practice deviates from conventional forms of storytelling and narrative, and instead utilizes experiential aesthetics to engage viewers and participants in the work. Smith is currently based in Dallas-Fort Worth with his wife and three children. He is a Professor of Practice in Film Production at 51°µÍø.

Smith has shown work at Milwaukee Short Film Festival in Milwaukee, WI; Milwaukee Film Festival in Milwaukee, WI; Gallery 400 in Chicago, IL; Hayti Heritage Film Festival in Durham, NC; Experimental Tuesdays at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI; National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.; Violet Crown Theatre in Dallas, TX; Angelika Theatre in Dallas, TX; and the Luminal Theatre in Brooklyn, NY.