about:

Prisca Edwards is a documentary producer and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work spans both commissioned and independent projects and is grounded in collaborative storytelling and socially engaged media. Her clients and collaborators include Project HOPE, St. John’s School of Law, Johnson & Johnson, Global Citizen, Teach For America, Housing Works, Essence, GQ Mexico, PEN America, and The Poor People’s Campaign, among others.

Alongside her production work, she develops personal documentary and photographic projects. Her most recent film, Out From Under, is a short documentary exploring the individual and shared realities of six people living with endometriosis. Her photography has been featured in WMN Zine: Taking Space, and her short film Body Scans was recognized by Toronto Film Magazine and premiered in Salt Lake City.

As an archival producer, she is currently wrapping a feature documentary on the history of animation. Since Fall 2022, she has served as a media mentor with the Mellon Foundation’s Public Humanities and Social Justice Scholarship Program at Hunter College, and is a longtime teaching artist at Reel Works, where she supports emerging youth filmmakers in developing their voices through media.

She holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and a BFA in Photojournalism from Rochester Institute of Technology.