PAGES Matam (They/He) is a genderqueer med-school dropout turned award-winning film-poet and agent of imagination, writing poems and high-concept tv & film dramas centering their Black, Queer, and immigrant perspectives with Social Justice and Liberation politic. Born and raised in Cameroon, Central Africa then blossomed in the DMV (Piscataway Land), they are a National Poetry Slam and Southern Fried Champion, GLAAD Black Queer Creatives Fellow, Callaloo Fellow at Brown University, Circle of Confusion Writers Discovery fellow, 2025 finalist for the John Singleton x PAFF short film prize, author of the award-winning poetry collection “The Heart of Comet” (Write Bloody), and an honoree Cultural Ambassador to the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). Their work is fueled by Toni Morrison's words: "the function of freedom is to free someone else," having been featured in TEDx, MACY’s, the Apollo, Essence, KeyTV by Keke Palmer and many other platforms. Their one-hour fantasy TV Drama executive produced by Lily Wachowski (The Matrix) is currently in development with ITV & Anarchists United. Their short produced by SuperSpecial, "Seven Minutes of Heaven?" won multiple laurels on the festival circuit and was featured in CANNES's diversity showcase. When they are not fiercely working on their next screenplay or poetry manuscript, they practice trauma-informed work as a teaching artist in Los Angeles (Tongva Land), Lead Story Expert and script consultant at The Professional Pen, and a full-time artist, performer, producer and organizer who loves Mario Kart, fried plantains, and battle-horror anime.