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Sakile Odimo is an award winning, Los Angeles based writer, director, performance artist, activist, actress and singer, who has been working for over ten years. Her writing was first published in 2005, and since 2017 she has focused her creative work to primarily address and delve into the intricacies of sexual, racial, and gender inequity experienced in the United States. Odimo's prose, films, and installations intertwine the themes of femininity, religion, race, and sexuality to express her vulnerable truths; whilst also providing space for her communities, BIPOC and LGBTQIA, to question, validate, and highlight their existence.

Her professional work has expedited the progress of creative projects that she has been involved with including,

Her work has been featured in art galleries around Los Angeles, Art Share LA, JuniorHigh, Gomez DTLA. She has been highlighted in and has won awards in film festivals for her latest short film, The Sable Dragonfly: An Ode to My Black Female Body (2019). It has been highlighted in, Los Angeles Film Awards, winning Odimo the honor of runner up of Best Young Filmmaker. She has also been honored at the Lift Off Sessions, Unentitled Film Festival, First Time Filmmaker Sessions, and was featured in her first art installation, housed at Art Share LA.

The Sable Dragonfly: An Ode To My Black Female Body

(2018) Featured Artist in We Real Cool Art Installation &amp; Gallery. House at JuniorHigh Art Gallery

(2019) Featured Artist in People of Paradise Art Instillation &amp; Gallery

(2019) Solo Art Instillation &amp; Gallery - The Sable Dragonfly: An Ode to My Black Female Body. Housed at ArtShare LA

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