Mya Baker

Mya Baker (aka Mya B.; born 1974) is an American filmmaker, poet, writer, director and researcher.

She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and has lived and taught early childhood education in Brooklyn, New York.

Baker was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois to an electrical engineer father and mother who worked for the EPA.

She grew up around positive Black male and female role models, but also experienced racism while growing up.

She said in an interview: "I remember so clearly, when I was 5 years old, my mother, my brother and I were chased out of a Chicago neighborhood called Bridgeport when we were young. A gang of boys were waiting for us as we walked out of this church, and they started chasing us with bats and bricks yelling, 'Nigger go home!

Baker studied film at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, and later founded production company Shoot Films Not People.

Her films have been shown at film festivals.

She has also worked as a Special Education preschool teacher in Brooklyn, New York.

Baker stated in an article on Patch.com that she creates films to begin the healing process for Black men and women, and for society.

Two of her films- Afraid of Dark and Silence: In search of Black Female Sexuality in America- have focused on undoing stereotypes of Black men and women.

Baker is best known for Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality in America.

In this film she interviewed Nzingha Steward and Little X, two directors in the Black music video industry.

During the interview they discuss the impact of the 'video hoe' image on society.

The film takes a journey into American history and slavery that unveils hidden sexual relations between enslaved Africans and slave owners.

The film educates the public to the historical and contemporary racial tensions and injustices in America in regards to Black males.

Baker shares her experiences, and interviews black males from all walks of life spanning three generations.