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'''Chinaka Hodge''' (born 1984 |
'''Chinaka Hodge''' (born 1984)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Hurwitt|first=Robert|date=March 3, 2010|title=Theater review: 'Mirrors in Every Corner'|url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Theater-review-Mirrors-in-Every-Corner-3197879.php|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006232516/http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Theater-review-Mirrors-in-Every-Corner-3197879.php |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref> is an American [[poet]], [[educator]], [[playwright]] and [[screenwriter]]. She has received national recognition for her publications, especially her artistic work on [[gentrification]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Chinaka Hodge was born in [[Oakland, California]] and lived in various neighborhoods of the city throughout the course of her childhood.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hodge|first1=Chinaka|date=May 30, 2014|title=The Gentrifier's Guide to Getting Along|url=http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-gentrifiers-guide-getting-along|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109012949/https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-gentrifiers-guide-getting-along|archive-date=January 9, 2018|website=San Francisco Magazine Online|publisher=San Francisco Magazine|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> In May 2006, Hodge graduated from [[Gallatin School of Individualized Study|NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study]], and was honored to be the student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise. Four years later, Chinaka received USC's Annenberg Fellowship to continue her studies at its [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|School of Cinematic Arts]]. She received her [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in Writing for Film and TV in 2012. In the fall of that year, she was awarded the SF Foundation's Phelan Literary Award for emerging Bay Area talent.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} |
Chinaka Hodge was born in [[Oakland, California]] and lived in various neighborhoods of the city throughout the course of her childhood.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hodge|first1=Chinaka|date=May 30, 2014|title=The Gentrifier's Guide to Getting Along|url=http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-gentrifiers-guide-getting-along|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109012949/https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-gentrifiers-guide-getting-along|archive-date=January 9, 2018|website=San Francisco Magazine Online|publisher=San Francisco Magazine|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> In May 2006, Hodge graduated from [[Gallatin School of Individualized Study|NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study]], and was honored to be the student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise. Four years later, Chinaka received USC's Annenberg Fellowship to continue her studies at its [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|School of Cinematic Arts]]. She received her [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in Writing for Film and TV in 2012. In the fall of that year, she was awarded the SF Foundation's Phelan Literary Award for emerging Bay Area talent.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} |
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Hodge was also a 2012 Artist in Residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts in [[Marin, CA]]. In January 2013, Hodge was a [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Feature Film]] lab Fellow for her script, "700th&Int'l."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Saux|first=Frances|date=June 27, 2016|title=Chinaka Hodge releases 'Dated Emcees'|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Chinaka-Hodge-releases-Dated-Emcees-8327910.php|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627225026/http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Chinaka-Hodge-releases-Dated-Emcees-8327910.php |archive-date=2016-06-27 }}</ref> In June 2013 she began as a first-year fellow at [[Cave Canem]]’s summer retreat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinaka Hodge Author Bio|url=http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100542950&fa=author&person_id=17300#content|website=City Lights Booksellers and Publishers|publisher=City Lights Publishers|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref> |
Hodge was also a 2012 Artist in Residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts in [[Marin, CA]]. In January 2013, Hodge was a [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Feature Film]] lab Fellow for her script, "700th&Int'l."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Saux|first=Frances|date=June 27, 2016|title=Chinaka Hodge releases 'Dated Emcees'|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Chinaka-Hodge-releases-Dated-Emcees-8327910.php|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627225026/http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Chinaka-Hodge-releases-Dated-Emcees-8327910.php |archive-date=2016-06-27 }}</ref> In June 2013 she began as a first-year fellow at [[Cave Canem Foundation|Cave Canem]]’s summer retreat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinaka Hodge Author Bio|url=http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100542950&fa=author&person_id=17300#content|website=City Lights Booksellers and Publishers|publisher=City Lights Publishers|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref> |
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Hodge is in a longterm partnership with [[McLeod Bethel-Thompson]], a [[gridiron football]] quarterback most notably with the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1236777002994024449|user=chinakahodge|title=Loving this #IWD2020 feed from @TorontoArgos. Inspiring to see these boatmen speak life into their partners and fam…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=8 March 2020}}</ref> |
Hodge is in a longterm partnership with [[McLeod Bethel-Thompson]], a [[gridiron football]] quarterback most notably with the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1236777002994024449|user=chinakahodge|title=Loving this #IWD2020 feed from @TorontoArgos. Inspiring to see these boatmen speak life into their partners and fam…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=8 March 2020}}</ref> |
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==Work and publications== |
==Work and publications== |
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Since 2005, Hodge has worked in various capacities at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, a [[San Francisco, CA|San Francisco]]-based literary arts non-profit. During her tenure there, she served as Program Director, Associate Artistic Director, and worked directly with Youth Speaks’ core population as a teaching artist and poet mentor.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bautista|first1=Lisa|title=19th Annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Press Release|url=http://youthspeaks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Teen-Poetry-Slam_PR_Release1.pdf|website |
Since 2005, Hodge has worked in various capacities at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, a [[San Francisco, CA|San Francisco]]-based literary arts non-profit. During her tenure there, she served as Program Director, Associate Artistic Director, and worked directly with Youth Speaks’ core population as a teaching artist and poet mentor.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bautista|first1=Lisa|title=19th Annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Press Release|url=http://youthspeaks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Teen-Poetry-Slam_PR_Release1.pdf|website=Youth Speaks|accessdate=October 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
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She has acted in comparable capacities in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] at Urban Word NYC and Get Lit: Words Ignite. Her poems, [[editorials]], [[interviews]] and [[prose]] have been featured in [[Newsweek]], [[San Francisco Magazine]], [[Believer Magazine]], [[PBS]], [[NPR]], [[CNN]], [[C-Span]], and in two seasons of [[Def Poetry Jam|''HBO’s Def Poetry'']]. In 2013 and 2014, she was featured in two of [[George Watsky|Watsky]]'s music videos as a guest rapper and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=dtruong|date=March 29, 2013|title=From Slam Poet To Rapper, Watsky Exhibits Authentic Growth|url=https://www.oswegonian.com/2013/03/29/from-slam-poet-to-rapper-watsky-exhibits-authentic-growth/|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[The Oswegonian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122032254/http://www.oswegonian.com:80/2013/03/29/from-slam-poet-to-rapper-watsky-exhibits-authentic-growth/ |archive-date=2013-11-22 }}</ref><ref name="Justice">{{Cite web|last=Granovsky|first=Brooke|date=August 30, 2016|title=x Infinity|url=http://www.thejustice.org/article/2016/08/x-infinity|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[The Justice (newspaper)|The Justice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831155002/http://www.thejustice.org/article/2016/08/x-infinity |archive-date=2016-08-31 }}</ref> She is also the author of the book ''Dated Emcees'' (City Lights, 2016), a collection of poetry about urban hip-hop.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dated Emcees Description|url=http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100542950&fa=description|website=City Lights Booksellers and Publishers|publisher=City Lights Publishers|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> |
She has acted in comparable capacities in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] at Urban Word NYC and Get Lit: Words Ignite. Her poems, [[editorials]], [[interviews]] and [[prose]] have been featured in [[Newsweek]], [[San Francisco Magazine]], [[Believer Magazine]], [[PBS]], [[NPR]], [[CNN]], [[C-Span]], and in two seasons of [[Def Poetry Jam|''HBO’s Def Poetry'']]. In 2013 and 2014, she was featured in two of [[George Watsky|Watsky]]'s music videos as a guest rapper and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=dtruong|date=March 29, 2013|title=From Slam Poet To Rapper, Watsky Exhibits Authentic Growth|url=https://www.oswegonian.com/2013/03/29/from-slam-poet-to-rapper-watsky-exhibits-authentic-growth/|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[The Oswegonian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122032254/http://www.oswegonian.com:80/2013/03/29/from-slam-poet-to-rapper-watsky-exhibits-authentic-growth/ |archive-date=2013-11-22 }}</ref><ref name="Justice">{{Cite web|last=Granovsky|first=Brooke|date=August 30, 2016|title=x Infinity|url=http://www.thejustice.org/article/2016/08/x-infinity|url-status=live|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=[[The Justice (newspaper)|The Justice]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831155002/http://www.thejustice.org/article/2016/08/x-infinity |archive-date=2016-08-31 }}</ref> She is also the author of the book ''Dated Emcees'' (City Lights, 2016), a collection of poetry about urban hip-hop.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dated Emcees Description|url=http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100542950&fa=description|website=City Lights Booksellers and Publishers|publisher=City Lights Publishers|accessdate=November 2, 2015}}</ref> |
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In April 2021, Hodge had been hired as the [[head writer]] on the upcoming [[Marvel Studios]] streaming series ''[[Ironheart ( |
In April 2021, Hodge had been hired as the [[head writer]] on the upcoming [[Marvel Studios]] streaming series ''[[Ironheart (miniseries)|Ironheart]]'' for [[Disney+]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Ironheart': Marvel-Disney Plus Series Sets Chinaka Hodge as Head Writer (EXCLUSIVE) |date=27 April 2021|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ironheart-disney-plus-series-showrunner-chinaka-hodge-1234961656/|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=April 27, 2021}}</ref> |
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===Music=== |
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Chinaka Hodge | |
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| Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1] Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Education | New York University University of Southern California (MFA) |
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Chinaka Hodge (born 1984)[1] is an American poet, educator, playwright and screenwriter. She has received national recognition for her publications, especially her artistic work on gentrification.
Biography
[edit]Chinaka Hodge was born in Oakland, California and lived in various neighborhoods of the city throughout the course of her childhood.[2] In May 2006, Hodge graduated from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and was honored to be the student speaker at the 174th Commencement exercise. Four years later, Chinaka received USC's Annenberg Fellowship to continue her studies at its School of Cinematic Arts. She received her MFA in Writing for Film and TV in 2012. In the fall of that year, she was awarded the SF Foundation's Phelan Literary Award for emerging Bay Area talent.[citation needed]
Hodge was also a 2012 Artist in Residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin, CA. In January 2013, Hodge was a Sundance Feature Film lab Fellow for her script, "700th&Int'l."[3] In June 2013 she began as a first-year fellow at Cave Canem’s summer retreat.[4]
Hodge is in a longterm partnership with McLeod Bethel-Thompson, a gridiron football quarterback most notably with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.[5]
Work and publications
[edit]Since 2005, Hodge has worked in various capacities at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project, a San Francisco-based literary arts non-profit. During her tenure there, she served as Program Director, Associate Artistic Director, and worked directly with Youth Speaks’ core population as a teaching artist and poet mentor.[6][3]
She has acted in comparable capacities in New York and Los Angeles at Urban Word NYC and Get Lit: Words Ignite. Her poems, editorials, interviews and prose have been featured in Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, Believer Magazine, PBS, NPR, CNN, C-Span, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. In 2013 and 2014, she was featured in two of Watsky's music videos as a guest rapper and writer.[7][8] She is also the author of the book Dated Emcees (City Lights, 2016), a collection of poetry about urban hip-hop.[9]
In April 2021, Hodge had been hired as the head writer on the upcoming Marvel Studios streaming series Ironheart for Disney+.[10]
Music
[edit]Hodge is a founding member, along with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, of a collaborative hip hop ensemble, The Getback.[11]
Plays
[edit]Poetry collections
[edit]- For Girls with Hips: Collected Poems and Writings (2006)[14]
- Dated Emcees (2016)
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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| 2004 | Def Poetry | No | Yes | |
| 2011 | Miles Away | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | The Dream Share Project | No | Yes | Johnson State College documentary[15] |
| 2013 | Kill a Hipster | Yes | Yes | Song by Watsky, guest rapper and writer |
| 2014 | Exquisite Corpse | Yes | Yes | Song by Watsky, guest rapper and writer |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | Yes | No | Wrote: "The Heat", also executive story editor |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer | Yes | No | Teleplay: "Justice Never Boarded", also staff writer |
| 2022 | The Midnight Club | Yes | No | Co-wrote: "Witch", also co-producer |
| 2025 | Ironheart | Yes | No | Head writer, upcoming Disney+ miniseries. Wrote: the pilot and the finale[16] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hurwitt, Robert (March 3, 2010). "Theater review: 'Mirrors in Every Corner'". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Hodge, Chinaka (May 30, 2014). "The Gentrifier's Guide to Getting Along". San Francisco Magazine Online. San Francisco Magazine. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c Saux, Frances (June 27, 2016). "Chinaka Hodge releases 'Dated Emcees'". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2016-06-27. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Chinaka Hodge Author Bio". City Lights Booksellers and Publishers. City Lights Publishers. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ^ @chinakahodge (8 March 2020). "Loving this #IWD2020 feed from @TorontoArgos. Inspiring to see these boatmen speak life into their partners and fam…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Bautista, Lisa. "19th Annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam Press Release" (PDF). Youth Speaks. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ dtruong (March 29, 2013). "From Slam Poet To Rapper, Watsky Exhibits Authentic Growth". The Oswegonian. Archived from the original on 2013-11-22. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Granovsky, Brooke (August 30, 2016). "x Infinity". The Justice. Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Dated Emcees Description". City Lights Booksellers and Publishers. City Lights Publishers. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ "'Ironheart': Marvel-Disney Plus Series Sets Chinaka Hodge as Head Writer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 27 April 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Clark, Leilani (May 8, 2016). "Chinaka Hodge Shines a Piercing Light on Life in Hip-Hop with 'Dated Emcees'". Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ Hurwitt, Robert (May 13, 2014). "'Chasing Mehserle' review: A search for justice". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ Meline, Gabe (April 30, 2021). "Chinaka Hodge Named Head Writer for Disney's 'Ironheart'". KQED. Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "POET & PLAYWRIGHT, CHINAKA HODGE: WRITING THE WORDS TO CHANGE THE WORLD". 18 June 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Little, Justin (October 6, 2012). "The magic of dreaming big". Basement Medicine. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ "Ironheart - WGA Directory". Writers Guild of America West.