Taylor Hensel is an award-winning producer, director, and writer from Oklahoma, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her work has been featured in major festivals around the world, including Sundance, ImagineNative, and HotDocs, and has streamed internationally.

Taylor is the Lead Producer of What She Carries, a genre-bending feature documentary exploring the revitalization of traditional birthing practices in Indigenous communities. Through personal stories of birth, loss, and renewal, the film highlights themes of reproductive justice, body sovereignty, and the ongoing fight for self-determination in Indigenous women’s reproductive health.

In addition to her work on What She Carries, Taylor worked as Series Producer for Reciprocity Project Season 2 and Executive Producer for the feature documentary Bad River, streaming on Peacock. She was also a producer on the narrative feature Thin Places, co-starring Quannah ChasingHorse and Shelby Factor in film festivals now.

Additionally she worked on the camera crew for Reservation Dogs Seasons 2 and 3 and Series Producer on Reciprocity Project Season 1, which earned a 2023 Anthem Award and a regional California Emmy, as well as nominations for two International Documentary Association Awards in 2022 for Best Short Documentary (ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught)) and Best Short-Form Series (Reciprocity Project Series).

Taylor has been recognized as the 2023 Sundance Native Labs Artist in Residence and a 2022 IllumiNative Producer Fellow in partnership with Netflix.

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