ABOUT St. Clair

St. Clair Detrick-Jules is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, author, activist, and public speaker. She captures personal stories and intimate moments centering Black liberation, immigrant justice, and women's rights. An Afro-Caribbean artist who remains rooted in her community, St. Clair grounds her work in radical love, joy and the knowledge that a more just world is possible.


St. Clair has a BA from Brown University in French and Francophone Studies. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, The TODAY Show, BuzzFeed News, The Christian Science Monitor, Byrdie, and NPR's Strange Fruit, among others. Her documentary DACAmented has received awards at Immigration Film Fest, Baltimore International Black Film Festival, Ogden City Latino Film Festival, and Cornell University’s Centrally Isolated Film Festival. Her books My Beautiful Black Hair, My Hair Is Like the Sun, and My Hair Is Like Yours showcase the beauty of natural Black hair. St. Clair currently resides in her hometown of Washington, DC.