Sing Lee Lathan
Sing Lee Lathan is the director and creative producer of Black Lion TV. She leads operations in its effort to preserve, promote, and present the arts of the African diaspora.
Sing directed and produced the Emmy Award Winning WNET Group All Arts special Michael Mwenso Honors George Floyd, which premiered May 25th, 2021. The episode was the network’s launch of The First Twenty, a series exploring events from the past two decades that caused shifts in the collective American consciousness, told from the narrative point of view of various artists.
In 2021 and 2022, Sing directed music videos for Grammy-nominated producer and artist Kosine. Smoke + Dreams and Kings, featuring Idris Elba, was featured on Spotify’s 2020 Black Lives Matter playlist and garnered over one million streams worldwide.
She directed an animated music video for artist Jahi Sundance’s debut album Everyone But You, featuring Robert Glasper, released in April 2021.
In 2020, Sing directed and served as executive producer on the documentary short, The Mood. The film was nominated for Best Documentary Short in eleven film festivals including The FLOW Festival and Film Market, AG & Art Film Festival, and the Southeastern International Film & Music Festival. She was nominated for 2020 Best Documentary Director by The Short Film Awards (The SOFIES). She won Best Director of a Short Documentary at The Silver State Film Festival.
