Brit Hensel

Brit Hensel is an Oklahoma-based director and citizen of the Cherokee Nation whose award-winning films explore Indigenous women’s experiences, language, and deep ties to land. She is the first female enrolled member of her tribe to direct a film selected by the Sundance Film Festival. Her short film ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught) premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 38th IDA Documentary Awards, and was selected for the inaugural L.A. Times Op-Docs. Brit’s work has screened at Sundance, imagineNATIVE, Hot Docs, and Full Frame. She also served as 2nd AC on the Emmy-nominated FX series Reservation Dogs.