Media Sutra

What Media Sutra does

Media Sutra Inc. is a privately held, BIPOC-owned creative services and film production company headquartered in the Bronx, New York, with a founding team of co-principals Manauvaskar Kublall (Film Director & Storyteller) and Taij Kumarie Moteelall (Coach & Strategist) and a broader team of approximately eight members. The firm organizes its offering around three service pillars — Be Creative (documentary, narrative, music video, and animation production; graphic design; photography; branding; event planning), Be Strategic (development assessments, strategic planning, resource mobilization strategy, and communications consulting), and Be Transformative (coaching, workshops, and retreats built on the proprietary FAB — Fearless, Abundant, Bold — Framework). Its underlying methodology is a participatory "Transformative Storytelling" approach centered on relationship-building, intentionality, and narrative co-creation, applied to social justice, education justice, gender justice, and Caribbean diaspora storytelling.

The company generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services fees for film production and strategic consulting engagements, supplemented by paid cohort retreats (e.g., the South Asian Diaspora Retreat priced at $2,650-$2,950 per attendee at Westerbeke Ranch Sonoma) and grant-funded documentary work. Its customer base is concentrated in U.S. nonprofit and movement-aligned organizations, with named counterparties including the Partnership for the Future of Learning, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO), Morningside Center, NYU Metro Center, Jahajee Sisters, Journey for Justice Alliance, Chhaya CDC, Resource Generation, and the DuSable Museum. The go-to-market motion is hybrid: direct consulting and project partnerships, event- and community-driven engagement (Caribbean CommsLab, virtual funders briefings), and organic content marketing through Instagram, Facebook, mailing list, and a company blog.

The current operating footprint spans the United States (with documented roots in Queens' "Little Guyana" and team members in Brooklyn and Silver Spring) and the Caribbean diaspora (Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Belize). Notable productions include the nationally broadcast documentary American Beatboxer (Revolt TV), Welcome to Little Guyana, and 34 Days: The Fight for Dyett (with a $1M reparations-structured fundraising target), alongside the in-development scripted series Jahajees Rising with Jahajee Sisters and Enchanted Blue Media. The company is founder-controlled with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Media Sutra

Legal name

Media Sutra Inc

Website

https://mediasutra.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Media Sutra is a BIPOC-owned, Bronx-based creative services and film production firm offering documentary production, strategic consulting, and coaching/retreats to nonprofit, social justice, and Caribbean diaspora clients. Its core methodology, Transformative Storytelling, and the FAB coaching framework underpin a project-based professional services model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Services and Film Production

NAICS

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Branded Documentary / Nonfiction (Corporate & NGO) (MPADADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event PR & Communications Support (BPAFADAO), Social Media & Community Management (PR-led) (BPAFADAM)

Keywords

• Film production services
• Strategic consulting
• Documentary filmmaking
• Creative agency services
• Coaching workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Bronx

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Creative Services: Film production (documentary, narrative, music videos, animation), graphic design, photography, branding, and event planning and production services for clients and partners.
2. Coaching and Training: Personalized coaching programs, workshops, and retreats supporting leaders to be Fearless, Abundant and Bold (FAB) as part of transformative approach.
3. Strategic Consulting: Comprehensive assessment, strategic planning, resource mobilization strategy, and communications consulting with hands-on support for development and implementation.
4. Documentary Production Partnerships: Feature documentary production (34 Days: The Fight for Dyett) with resource mobilization strategy raising funds for both production and community investment through reparations framework.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Media Sutra is a creative services firm that produces documentary films, narrative content, and branded media for social justice organizations and visionary clients. It also delivers strategic consulting for resource mobilization and organizational development, plus coaching, workshops, and retreats built around its proprietary Transformative Storytelling methodology and FAB (Fearless, Abundant, Bold) coaching framework. The company's work is anchored in BIPOC community partnerships, reparations-centered resource strategies, and solidarity economy principles.

Product overview

Media Sutra is a creative services company owned and operated by people of color, offering an integrated portfolio of three interconnected service pillars: Be Creative (film production, graphic design, animation, photography, events, branding, transformative storytelling), Be Strategic (consulting, strategic planning, resource mobilization, training, coaching), and Be Transformative (coaching, workshops, retreats using the FAB Framework). The company produces documentary films including '34 Days: The Fight for Dyett' and develops scripted content like 'Jahajees Rising'. Their core methodology is Transformative Storytelling, a participatory approach centered on relationship-building and narrative co-creation for social justice movements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Be Creative Services Creative services including documentary film production, graphic design, animation, photography, event planning, branding, and transformative storytelling that help clients create impactful visual content for social justice, arts, and movement-building work.
• Be Strategic Services Strategic consulting including development assessments, strategic planning, resource mobilization strategy, communications strategy, and training/coaching to help clients build capacity, generate resources, and execute visions.
• Be Transformative Services Coaching, workshops, and retreats using the FAB (Fearless, Abundant, Bold) Framework to support leaders in personal transformation, embodied leadership, and sustainable impact for creative entrepreneurs and movement leaders.
• Film Production Award-winning documentary and narrative film production services for social justice themes, including feature documentaries, episodic content, and branded films for nonprofit and movement clients.
• 34 Days: The Fight for Dyett Feature-length documentary chronicling the hunger strike by Bronzeville, Chicago community members to save their neighborhood school (Dyett High School). Produced in partnership with KOCO with a reparations framework directing a share of proceeds back to the Bronzeville community.
• Jahajees Rising Intersectional feminist scripted television series written by Taij Kumarie Moteelall about Indo-Caribbean activists addressing gender-based violence. Produced in partnership with Jahajee Sisters (the only Indo-Caribbean gender justice organization) and Enchanted Blue Media.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 film festival selections for award-winning director's films
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Equality FundmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Partner for Caribbean CommsLab facilitation - a capacity building initiative in Jamaica where leaders from Guyana, Belize, Suriname, and Jamaica gathered to build communications skills and center wellness.
• Astrea Lesbian Foundation for JusticemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Partner for Caribbean CommsLab facilitation team supporting gender justice organizers across the Caribbean with communications, digital security, and creative writing.
• Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore production partner for 34 Days: The Fight for Dyett documentary. KOCO is a Black-led grassroots organization in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood that has been organizing for racial justice since 1965. The partnership ensures community autonomy over the story and guaranteed profits from the film going to the Bronzeville community.
• Journey for Justice AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on documentary projects including 34 Days: The Fight for Dyett. Journey for Justice is a national alliance of grassroots education justice organizations.
• Partnership for the Future of LearningcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple documentary collaborations including Kings and Queens, CRE Stories, On the Rise: Cincinnati's Community Learning Centers, and initial seed support for 34 Days project. Provides strategic alignment for education justice storytelling.
• Jahajee SisterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Jahajees Rising TV series - an Indo-Caribbean gender justice television series. Jahajee Sisters is the only Indo-Caribbean gender justice organization, co-founded by Taij Moteelall.
• Enchanted Blue MediamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction partner for Jahajees Rising scripted television series, working alongside Media Sutra and Jahajee Sisters.
• Morningside CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFilm production collaboration including The Future of Education documentary and collaborative work supporting public education through arts and culture integration.
• NYU Metro CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnerships advancing social movements through documentary and media projects at the intersection of education, racial justice, and community organizing.
• Resource GenerationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-creation of Transformative Investing Principles guiding young people with wealth to invest in solidarity economy. Partnership focused on redefining risk and return and resource mobilization.
• The DuSable MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for 34 Days documentary project supporting Bronzeville community storytelling.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ARRAY: Ava DuVernay's BIPOC-led film distribution and production collective. ARRAY is a direct peer as both a social-impact-driven BIPOC-focused film production/distribution entity serving filmmakers of color and mission-aligned content.
• Race Forward: Racial-justice organization producing publications, media, and narrative change work. Direct peer given overlap with Media Sutra's social-justice narrative-shift and strategic communications engagements.
• Firelight Media: Documentary production company dedicated to supporting BIPOC filmmakers and racial-justice storytelling. Highly comparable to Media Sutra's social justice documentary practice and reparative/community-centered framing.
• Working Films: Nonprofit documentary impact producer connecting filmmakers with advocacy organizations. Direct peer in the documentary-for-social-change space with a similar nonprofit/client ecosystem as Media Sutra.
• Peace is Loud: Women-led impact production company creating documentary and narrative content advancing social movements. Direct peer in mission-driven documentary production with comparable size and nonprofit-aligned client base.

Broad incumbents

• Participant Media: Large, established impact-media company producing socially conscious film and media. Overlaps with Media Sutra's documentary and social-justice storytelling practice but at much greater scale and broader portfolio scope.
• Macro: BIPOC-owned media company representing and producing stories from the New Majority. Comparable in mission and creative production focus to Media Sutra but with broader commercial and infrastructure capabilities.
• Color Of Change: Largest racial-justice organization in the U.S. producing media, campaigns, and content. Comparable to Media Sutra's racial-justice narrative-shift work, though operating at vastly larger scale as a membership organization.

Others

• Black Public Media: Organization supporting BIPOC filmmakers through funding, training, and distribution. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler serving the same BIPOC documentary production space as Media Sutra, but as a funder/intermediary rather than a production company.
• JustFilms (Ford Foundation): Philanthropic initiative funding independent film and storytelling for social justice. Comparable as a funder of the same documentary ecosystem Media Sutra operates in, with significant influence on what gets produced.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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