About

Sean Yoes, a native of West Baltimore has worked in television, film and newspapers during a career in media, which has spanned more than 30 years. He has been honored for his work by Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the Association of Black Media Workers, the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C. Press Association. He is the former Baltimore editor and columnist for the AFRO American Newspapers.  Yoes is also author of, Baltimore After Freddie Gray: Real Stories From One of America’s Great Imperiled Cities. He is founder of The Black River Film Project, a production company focused on instructing, inspiring and platforming the next generation of West Baltimore storytellers. His short documentary, Disruption: Baltimore’s Highway To Nowhere was released in 2021. Yoes is currently in pre-production on the expanded 60-minute version of Disruption. His latest film project with partners Andre Chung and Rona Kobell, Eroding History, premiered at the Senator theater on April 18, 2023.

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