About Me

Jada Bethea (she/her) is a writer-director-producer known for her 2024 directorial debut, Flour Girl, which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival.

Born and raised in Jersey, she earned her BFA in Film & Television from NYU Tisch in 2023 where she was selected as one of eight HEAR US grant recipients for her senior thesis. Before that, she was a Peter Roth Intern at The Paley Center, an Entertainment Research Intern at GLAAD, and a Scripted TV Development Intern at Aroberson Production. After a year as an Executive Assistant for the Academy Award-winning media company Shine Global, she now works as a Talent Floater at The Gersh Agency.

As an artist, Jada challenges hyper-sexual depictions of sapphic relationships through narratives that prioritize emotional intimacy and center the female voice, along with stories of Black joy and resilience. She is fascinated by crises of identity and the things we’re driven to do when we’re forced to hide or change who we are.