Ivory Elizabeth – The Literary Purveyor

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Ivory Elizabeth

Ivory Parker is a Harlem-raised aspiring filmmaker whose desire to enter the industry crystallized while in middle school producing her first documentary for the Maysles Documentary Center. Her goal is to give voice to the disenfranchised. She can be found on Howard University’s Yard and on Instagram @ivoryelizabeth.

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Parker's Cut: Sharp takes. Clean cuts. Pure cinema.

Film, Literary Purveyor

TIFF Review: The Quiet Force of Eleanor the Great

by Ivory Elizabeth March 19, 2026 0

At last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Eleanor the Great arrived with the kind of pedigree that can invite easy cynicism: Scarlett Johansson’s feature... Read more.

Film, Literary Purveyor

TIFF Premiere: Good Boy Turns Captivity into a Disturbing Moral Dilemma

by Ivory Elizabeth September 17, 2025 0

Jan Komasa’s Good Boy, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, is a taut psychological drama that lingers long after its final... Read more.

Film

The Florida Project Review: Joy, Poverty, and the Illusion of Escape

by Ivory Elizabeth July 1, 2025 0

This week’s guest critique comes from inspiring filmmaker and writer Ivory Elizabeth, who brings a director’s eye and a critic’s edge to the latest screen... Read more.

Feature, Film

The Metamorphosis of a Monologue: Butterflies Think With Their Feet, a Short Film

by Ivory Elizabeth, Michelle Parker June 27, 2024 0

This experimental and narrative short film by Ivory Elizabeth is the metamorphosis of the Michelle Parker monologue Butterflies Think With Their Feet, and it is... Read more.

Film

Joyful Echos

by Ivory Elizabeth December 31, 2023 0

by Ivory Elizabeth “Joyful Echos” is a captivating short film that captures the enchanting world of three young Black girls reveling in the beauty of childhood.... Read more.

Poetry

Spring

by Ivory Elizabeth April 7, 2023 0

I restore the spirit of me... Read more.

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TIFF Review: The Quiet Force of Eleanor the Great

TIFF Premiere: Good Boy Turns Captivity into a Disturbing Moral Dilemma

The Florida Project Review: Joy, Poverty, and the Illusion of Escape

The Metamorphosis of a Monologue: Butterflies Think With Their Feet, a Short Film

Joyful Echos

Spring

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