Gia'na Garel brings six years producing and co-hosting a nationally syndicated talk radio show. Her syndicated Everywhere with Gia'na Garel radio segments opened a platform for combining a collage of images, film, music and narrative into popular 'cinesodes' for the web. With over twenty years of filmmaking and production experience, her skills are enhanced as a writer bringing liquid language to her narrative. As a radio personality, her soothing tone, verbal dexterity and heartfelt interviewing techniques always find the most intriguing people and subjects to present. Past interviews include legends such as Harry Belafonte, Jamie Foxx, Darlene Love, Leslie Gore, author/holocaust survivor Eva among many others.
Gia'na wrote, produced and directed 35-16mm short films, utilizing various grants and investors and creating festival favorites. From 1988 to 2004 she produced or co-produced numerous award winning, national music video and commercial projects with noted directors; as well as developed spec screenplays for numerous celebrities. She was mentioned among other notable women filmmakers in Manthia Diawara's Black American Cinema and Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, and Conversations by Toni Cada Bambara (edited by Toni Morrison).
She has been published in numerous publications including NY Times best seller The Air America Playbook, 'City of Wellness' anthology alongside Illyana Vanzant and others, magazines such as Upscale and Pulse and various online publications since 1994.
In the case of Gia'na Garel, she is the rare individual that lives up to any adjectives you can dream up and then some. She is not only gifted and multi-talented, she also possesses a wisdom that reaches far beyond her years; and an uncanny gift of foresight . Most importantly, Gia'na is a compassionate individual that has a true love for humanity and the planet we live on, despite our frequent and increasingly extreme indiscretions.
She is thoroughly committed to making positive changes that will improve living conditions on our planet for all of God's creatures and, to expand our minds to help us reach our fullest potential. In my line of work (disaster management & response), judgment is critical. I can comfortably say that say I wish there were more like her.
Aton A. Edwards
Executive Director
International Preparedness Network
"Gia'na Garel is the voice from the soul of the earth. She has a knowing mind and a youthful heart. Whether it is her generously thought provoking writings or her silky tones that permeate the world's airways, nobody deciphers the world's thoughts in a universal language like Gia'na.
Martin Hodgson -
International Human Rights Advocate
Foreign Prisoner Support Service
Gia'na Garel is one of the most insightful, generous, compassionate, and intelligent women leaders that I know and have worked with. She is consistently dedicated to facilitating resources for artists and other leaders, and she does so with a passion that is guided and selfless. As a media specialist, she is keen on what it takes to make media more socially responsible to the community it serves. As a artistic force, her views of the world are focused on creating balance and justice, despite the odds. She is a treasure amongst us and I stand in strong support of her work.
April Silver
Founder, AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.
Founder, Artistic Director, Artists For Life
TV Talk Show Host, My Two Cents (BETJ)