Demetria Royals

She is an alumna of New York University's Graduate Institute of Television and Film in February 1982 where she earned her bachelors in journalism and her Masters of Fine Arts degree.

She received a Writers Fellowship from the Writers Guild of America, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Video and a writing development grant from the Funding Exchange Women's Project Scriptwriting Development Fund.

Royals began her public films with Inventing Herself, a videowall installation of images of African American women.

Conjure Women is a performance-based feature film documentary (1995) exploring the artistry and philosophy of African American female artists.

The director Demetria Royals says it is "telling the story of African Americans in our own distinct and self-defined voices. "