About Merfolk Media Alliance
Mission
Merfolk Media Alliance contributes to interdisciplinary conversations about diversity, community history, and the connections between people and nature through media production, multicultural programs and public outreach.
Team
Polita Glynn: Merfolk Media Alliance Director/ writer/producer/director
Polita Glynn specializes in documentary filmmaking, screenwriting and creative storytelling focused on history, cultural diversity and environment. She received a State of Florida 1996 Individual Artists Fellowship in Media Arts, a 2015 Sundance Screenwriters Fellowship, a 2022 St. Pete Arts Alliance Artist grant and a 2023 Creative Pinellas Beyond Placemaking fellowship. Glynn has her B.A. in American Studies from Bennington College, Ed.M. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and studied film at the University of Miami School of Communication. Merfolk Media Alliance received support from Florida Humanities for Underground History.
Devin Rice, Director/Cinematographer/Editor/ Graphic Designer and Music composer
Devin Rice has worked in the motion picture and television industry for over 35 years as a director, cinematographer, and editor. He is also skilled in animation and graphic design. In addition to holding an M.F.A. in Film from Vermont College of the Arts and a B.A. in Theatre directing, he is a composer and multi-instrumentalist, and a seasoned still photographer.
