Zoey Black is a queer transgender woman of colour living in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a documentary filmmaker and photographer, and human rights activist.

Zoey graduated from the University of Cape Town as a trained professional actress and has over a decade of experience in live performance, filmmaking, photography, social activism, and peer and group facilitation. 

As a filmmaker and photographer, she is focussed on telling authentic and engaging queer stories. She works with individuals to capture their important moments and stories, as well as with organisations and collectives to document their people, events and work.

Zoey is also a content creator on YouTube. Her channel aims to address and explore social and lifestyle issues pertaining to the LGBTQIA+ community, specifically around the experiences of transgender and gender diverse people, using filmmaking as means to tell stories. The channel is the first of its kind in South Africa, and acts as a resource in providing accessible information on trans specific issues. 

As an activist, Zoey publicly advocates for trans rights and visibility, engaging organisations and government stakeholders to activate social change and law reform. She is the Executive Director of Gamut 1, a non-profit organisation and creative firm which creates high-quality, queer-focussed, educational media for the promotion of LGBTQIA+ human rights and wellbeing.

She is also a published author and editor, contributing most notably to They Called Me Queer (2019), Trans Rural Narratives (2020) and Keeping the Promise of Dignity and Freedom for All (2020).