Day Al-Mohamed
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Day Al-Mohamed is an author, filmmaker, and disability policy advisor. Day has written two novels, "Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn" and more recently, "The Labyrinth's Archivist" as well as multiple short stories and articles. She is a regular host on Idobi Radio's Geek Girl Riot with a weekly audience of 100k+ listeners and a Founding Member of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities).
Her documentary, THE INVALID CORPS, about disabled Civil War soldiers, was licensed to Alaska Airlines and had its broadcast premiere on public television in 2020. She is working on a docu-series, RENEGADES, of role-breaking disabled leaders in history for American Masters/PBS digital, and is a proud producer of feature documentary UNSEEN (POV, 2024). Day was named a DOC NYC 2021 Documentary New Leader and was part of the NBC 2022 Original Voices Fellowship class.
Outside of her creative work, Day is policy expert with over 15 years of experience. The former White House Director of Disability Policy, she is a proven leader in inclusion and accessibility, policy development, organizational transformation, and innovative program design. She presents often on the representation of disability in media, most recently at the American Bar Association, SXSW, and New York ComiCon. A proud member of Coast Guard Auxiliary (5th District Southern Region), she lives in Washington DC with her wife, N.R. Brown and her guide dog, Gamma.
Her documentary, THE INVALID CORPS, about disabled Civil War soldiers, was licensed to Alaska Airlines and had its broadcast premiere on public television in 2020. She is working on a docu-series, RENEGADES, of role-breaking disabled leaders in history for American Masters/PBS digital, and is a proud producer of feature documentary UNSEEN (POV, 2024). Day was named a DOC NYC 2021 Documentary New Leader and was part of the NBC 2022 Original Voices Fellowship class.
Outside of her creative work, Day is policy expert with over 15 years of experience. The former White House Director of Disability Policy, she is a proven leader in inclusion and accessibility, policy development, organizational transformation, and innovative program design. She presents often on the representation of disability in media, most recently at the American Bar Association, SXSW, and New York ComiCon. A proud member of Coast Guard Auxiliary (5th District Southern Region), she lives in Washington DC with her wife, N.R. Brown and her guide dog, Gamma.
