Everett N. Kelsey Jr. is a Brooklyn-born filmmaker, technologist, and ethical AI pioneer whose life journey bridges the cultural, creative, and computational frontiers of the 21st century. Raised in a family with deep intellectual and civil rights roots—his grandfather, Dr. George D. Kelsey, was a theologian, scholar, and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—Everett’s early life was shaped by a profound awareness of moral responsibility, cultural identity, and the transformative power of ideas.
After spending several formative years living in Germany, Everett returned to the United States and immersed himself in the heart of the film and television industry in Hollywood. Drawing on his multicultural perspective, he founded Organic Polyester Productions in 2004, establishing himself as a writer, director, and actor. His screenplays and films have been honored at several Oscar-qualifying festivals, including Slamdance (twice), Final Draft’s "Big Break", the Page International Screenwriting Awards, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), and the Chicago AI Film Festival. Everett’s creative work consistently explores the intersection of beauty and brutality, using cinema to interrogate power, perception, and authenticity—without judgment.
The murder of George Floyd in 2020 was a catalytic moment for Everett. Inspired by both outrage and ancestral conviction, he founded BLKMKT Media, Inc. , and later BLKMKT Tech, LLC and BLKMKT AI, Inc., to confront systemic bias in storytelling, technology, and data systems.
Realizing that the same algorithmic injustices plaguing society were being embedded in artificial intelligence, Everett shifted his focus to building frontier technology rooted in cultural literacy and ethical safeguards.The acronym BLKMKT stands for:
As Founder and CEO of BLKMKT Tech, and Co-Founder of BLKMKT AI, Everett is the creator of the BAR (BLKMKT Authenticity Resonance) System, an AI-driven media authentication and bias auditing platform. He is also architecting the Ethnographic Repository through BLKMKT Tech, a groundbreaking cultural data infrastructure designed to give AI systems context, nuance, and representational balance. These projects aim to provide a foundation for benevolent AGI—artificial general intelligence that respects human dignity and diversity.