The One Thanksgiving Dish Gin Hammond Cannot Live Without (And Neither Will You)
Gin Hammond shares the sweet potato dish she can’t live without — fluffy, spiced, topped with toasted marshmallows, and as satisfying as crème brûlée. Every Thanksgiving table has one dish that holds the whole memory together. Not the centerpiece everyone photographs. Not the thing that took four hours to make. The one that, if it […]
What an Introvert Filmmaker Learned at Her First American Film Market
Gin Hammond shares her biggest takeaways from American Film Market 2025 — from pitching two original projects to surviving Day 1 in heels and finding her creative tribe. Nobody walks into the American Film Market for the first time feeling completely ready. The lobby alone is a collision of ambition, jet lag, and business cards […]
What’s the biggest message to the Living IncogNegro theater audience? Gin Hammond explains
What’s the biggest message to the Living IncogNegro theater audience? Gin Hammond explains… I think the biggest message I wanted audience members to receive from the performance of Living IncogNegro was not to assume that you absolutely know what you’re seeing when you see somebody who seems white-ish. There might be a lot more going […]
Present day or historic people that Gin is inspired by
One of the people that I think about most regularly, who’s a hero for me. Marian Anderson, the opera singer. First of all, a lot of people told her that, you’re black, you can’t sing opera. It’s just not done. It’s a Western European art form and all of that. And she defied all of […]
How different generations respond to the concept of “passing” in Living IncogNegro?
Different generations respond to the concept of “passing“. I talk about this in Living IncogNegro Something that the older generations are likely to be aware of, there’s been a shame associated with “passing” that gets stuffed into the next generation and stuffed into the next generation. So it’s something that hasn’t been able to evolve […]
When we did the Living IncogNegro theater show, what was the most surprising feedback ?
For the Living IncogNegro theater show, what was the most surprising feedback ? The most surprising feedback I received after performing Living Incognegro was not only were there people who could relate, but there were incognito people in the audience that I couldn’t see. We were able to find each other and share our stories […]