No Ordinary Filmmaker
Filmmaker Chyna Robinson is on a roll. Her debut feature film, No Ordinary Love, was released in June and is circling the globe on streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime and Apple TV. In its portrayal of two women connected through their church, one married to the minister and the other to a police officer, the story peels away the facade obscuring domestic abuse. The romantic thriller has become a catalyst for education and conversation. Robinson—in tandem with Tracy Rector, the film’s executive director and a board member of SafeHaven of Tarrant County—has worked with universities and domestic abuse organizations worldwide to discuss the film and the oft-hidden suffering it unveils.
Robinson has a passion for writing and directing that started in her childhood in Fort Worth. After attending TCU and the University of—her 2012 interpretation of the holiday classic—at the Irving Arts Center. In 2017, she released her first film, , a short film about the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, in which a family tries to defend their home during a multi-hour siege on their neighborhood. Currently, between touring for , Robinson, a wife and mother, is independently shooting what she calls “an artsy love story” while also starting preproduction work on a sci-fi fantasy film. Eager and undeterred—even when the film industry tells her no—Robinson keeps going. She’s got stories to tell.
