Meet local filmmaker and musician Zeapoe Matalda
By Lonna Whiting
Published on March 17, 2026.
Local filmmaker and musician Zeapoe Matalda has produced a short film called "Pretty: The Musical," which follows the adventures of three female college students who live double lives as spies for a notorious organization called the 246. Despite the glamorizing aspect of the film, MataldA celebrates female empowerment, life as a second-generation Liberian American and creativity. She received a $25,000 grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and is also the 2025 recipient of a Lake Region Arts Council Legacy Individual Artist Grant. Mataldas is preparing for the international premiere of "Pretty" on May 2 at Concordia College.
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