Colors We Made

Meet the Filmmakers

Amanda Morell (Iiritu)
Writer & Director
Amanda Morell (iiritu) is a Bronx-born filmmaker and editor of Dominican and Puerto Rican heritage. Her work centers on emotionally grounded storytelling that explores memory, nature, and the lasting imprint of lived experience. Her films have been recognized by institutions and festivals including GLAAD, BlackStar Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival. In 2024, iiritu co-directed hija de Florinda, executive produced by the Center for Cultural Power’s Climate Woke Campaign, and exhibited for four months at the MOCA Museum in Los Angeles, with an additional exhibition at MONAD Gallery in NYC. She is currently in pre-production on her latest feature project, Colors We Made, a science-fiction love story examining maternal mortality within Black and Brown birthing communities.
Bruce McIntyre III
Executive Producer
Bruce McIntyre III is an award-winning film Personality, storyteller, activist, and now Film Producer whose work bridges documentary filmmaking, social justice, and public health advocacy. With a powerful presence both on screen and in community leadership, McIntyre uses narrative art to elevate urgent issues around maternal health equity, racial justice, and systemic healthcare disparities.

As a producer and film subject, Bruce gained national recognition for his role in the critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated documentary Aftershock (2022), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won Sundance’s “Most Impactful Film Award” and is currently streaming on Hulu. The film, which follows McIntyre’s personal journey after the preventable maternal death of his partner. His work has been celebrated for its impact and storytelling. Aftershock earned a Peabody Award and numerous festival honors while amplifying awareness of the maternal mortality crisis.  
He also appears as a focal subject in the Cannes Lions Award Winning Animated film “The Impossible Journey” and is featured in influential projects such as HBO’s Everything’s Gonna Be All White and the Emmy-nominated series Civil War Anxiety in the USA. Additionally, McIntyre is executive producing his first feature film, Colors We Made, expanding his creative footprint in narrative filmmaking. 
 
Beyond cinema, Bruce is a dedicated maternal health equity advocate and Educator where he teaches accredited courses on implicit bias to medical students and residential learners across the nation. He founded the SaveArose Foundation, a nonprofit focused on combating systemic flaws in maternal care, expanding access to midwifery and doula services, and supporting families affected by maternal health injustice. His advocacy includes community education, collaboration with healthcare providers, and contributions to medical training on racial bias. He partnered to open the women’s health clinic “Maryam Reproductive Health and Wellness” and is in the process of opening a “freestanding midwifery birth center” that will be the first of its kind, both located in the Bronx.
Flor De Oro Tejada
Producer
Flor De Oro Tejada is a multidisciplinary filmmaker from the Bronx, New York. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Flor was a 2023 Fellow at the Sundance Documentary Producers Lab and Fellowship. Her films have screened at festivals including the Allied Media Conference, Camden International Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, DOC NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, and DC/DOX. She produced Bone Black: Midwives vs. the South, which won Best Short Documentary at BlackStar Film Festival and New Orleans Film Festival in 2023. She also produced hija de Florinda, an experimental short screened at MOCA Grand in Los Angeles in 2025 as part of the public art exhibition American Gurl: home — land. Most recently, she co-produced The People Could Fly, which premiered on POV Shorts Season 8 in November 2025.

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