Téana David
With a passion for creating at the intersection of ecology, spirituality, and social justice, Téana David comes to ILLUMINATE from the Shift Your World Film Festival where she was Co-Director. Prior to this, she served as Director of Deepak HomeBase in New York City, where she designed and curated a year-round event series with hundreds of authors, activists, and teachers including Brené Brown, Byron Katie, Zainab Salbi, Robert Thurman, Mark Nepo, Deepak Chopra, and Thich Nhat Hanh monastics. Growing up on Vancouver Island, Téana was drawn to protect the natural world from an early age. As a young actor and activist, she co-starred in an environmentally-focused children’s television series and was active in community efforts to preserve local old-growth forests. Today, Téana is a founding member of Artists for Amazonia, an entertainment industry initiative that addresses critical issues impacting the Amazon Rainforest. Through her production company, Wise Planet Media, she has produced many short films to support this important cause including Weave of Life, narrated by Morgan Freeman, and The Time Is Now with Txai Surui, Ziggy Marley, and Rosario Dawson. Other media projects include serving as the Impact Producer for the Amazon Prime docuseries Changing of the Gods and as an advisor on the Sundance award-winning documentary, The Territory. Téana is a member of The Evolutionary Leader’s Circle. https://www.illuminatefilmfestival.com
