Maori is a curator, producer and director. She is founder of BlackStar Film Festival and currently serves as co-curator (with Kahlil Joseph) of the Purple Garden Cinema Series at The Underground Museum. She has organized programs in film and performance at a myriad of organizations including: Anthology Film Archives, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, Barnes Foundation, Asian Arts Initiative, Painted Bride Art Center, Scribe Video Center, Lightbox Film Center, and Swarthmore College. Maori was a fellow at the 60th Flaherty Film Seminar (2014) and a 2016 Ford Foundation Rockwood JustFilms Fellow.