Benita Bailey

Benita Bailey

Biography

Benita Bailey is a powerful voice in contemporary German theater and film. The actress, filmmaker and university lecturer is a founding member and board member of Schwarze Filmschaffende e. V. and is committed to greater visibility, diversity and structural change in the German media landscape. She is currently working on her first feature film DIE SICHTBAREN – a title that says it all. She celebrated the premiere of the interdisciplinary performance “Ancestral Supper” in 2025, in which she combines Afro-diasporic perspectives with performative depth. With her video podcast #YELLIT, which she has been producing on YouTube since 2020, Benita creates a space for empowering conversations and artistic impulses from the Black community.

Filmography

@YELLIT! FROM THE MOUNTAIN - WITH CURLY HAIR ARTIST FATIMA YORK (2024): Direction