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Laura Dyan Kezman and Vianca Fuster founded LionArt Media in 2019 with three goals: forge their own lane in the documentary world while creating opportunities for underrepresented aspiring filmmakers, do what they love on their own terms, and transcend everyone’s expectations. Over the last six years, the duo has produced dozens of video projects together and established a wide-ranging client-base, from local organizations to national platforms like NBC’s “The Today Show” and The Washington Post. Fuster’s short documentary The Warrior Princess had its theatrical premiere at the 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival, where it won the audience choice award for Best Short Film. Kezman is co-directing, editing and is the director of photography on LionArt’s forthcoming debut feature documentary, CYCLE. The investigative film examines the systemic cycle of police brutality in the United States through the story of Ty’rese West, an 18-year old who was fatally shot by an officer in Racine. Beyond making their own work, Kezman and Fuster intend to use LionArt as an educational platform to expand opportunities for women in film. “Our goal is to keep growing,” Fuster says. “To keep adding people to the team who want to pay forward to the generations that follow.”
“Overcoming adversity and showing courage in the face of fear and risk – that’s reflective of the storytelling we do best.”
-Laura Dyan Kezman
