Queen Bess by Sheldon Candis, Presented by Film Independent x Netflix Film Club

Based on the untold true story of African American Aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The badass Evil Knievelesque heroine dominated the skies and death defied gravity as Americas first Black, Native American female aviator. Baltimore native Sheldon Candis is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Candis feature directorial debut LUV was an official selection in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Competition. Candis directed the feature length documentary Baltimore Boys for the ESPN Films banner, and Who Will Survive America for the Sundance Now Doc Club original series Take 5: Justice in America. Recently, Candis wrapped production on When the Lights are the Brightest, the next chapter of the video game series NBA 2K. Sheldon Candis Instagram: sheldoncandis Twitter: sheldoncandis Facebook: Thanks to a partnership between Netflix Film Club and Film Independent we were able to develop a program to fund short films from five promising independent Blac