Ronald Hinton

Photographed by: NEKO

Ronald Hinton is an actor, writer, and founder of the QBIPOC centric media house, Shared Soil Productions. Acting since he was 11 years old, Ronald has always known he’s wanted to leave a footprint in media. Since graduating in 2017 from the nation’s first Acting for Film, TV, Voice-overs, and Commercials program with a BFA from Pace University, Ronald has been fortunate enough to work in all of the above mediums. You’ll find him on Investigation Discovery’s Homicide City: Charlotte, alongside short films like Percy & Ceasar: A Slave Love Narrative Seldom Told, Home Orange, FISH, and Fang!, as well as co-starring in Swidz Productions first-ever web series, Laila’s Lair. 

When he’s not acting you’ll find him working on his own creative impact pursuits including his first feature-length documentary, My Hair, My Rules, as well as expanding on the coming of age Pilot he is writing titled, NATIVES. In addition to the work he is spearheading, you’ll also find him serving as Producer at @Unshaming, a podcast dedicated to breaking down shame through representation, as well as building community through programming, outreach, and education over at Minorities in Film (MiFILM), a collective aimed at narrowing the gap in media for creators of color and differently-abled folks where he serves as Community Liaison.

“Shared Soil Productions is on a mission to highlight stories told by and focused on the Queer-BIPOC community.”

At Shared Soil, we believe that representation leads to understanding which leads to connection. We bring our whole selves across all intersections to every one of our projects and encourage the same freedoms to any artists we collaborate with.

We’re ecstatic to announce that our first feature-length documentary, My Hair, My Rules received Audience Choice Award at the New York Lift-Off 2021’s virtual film festival! Find out more about the film and where you can watch it, below!

Our next project NATIVES is currently in development. NATIVES is an upcoming web series that follows a group of unapologetic, queer, native New Yorkers navigating adulting in the projects of NYC. We want to thank everyone who contributed to our recent crowdfunding campaign to help bring this project to life. Stay tuned and follow along on our journey on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

To stay connected with all things Shared Soil, follow us on Instagram @sharedsoilproductions.

24-year old Ronald Hinton can be spotted in a crowd with his signature afro. It's taken him years to love and grow his big luscious curls, but underneath them, he's hiding a receding hairline. As Ronald unpacks his complicated relationship with hair, he prepares for the last attempt at saving this cultural blueprint, a hair transplant.

Intercut with stories from men of color, insightful conversations on race and identity, and raw medical footage, My Hair, My Rules encourages men of color to love their hair unapologetically.

My Hair, My Rules won the Audience Choice Award at the 2021 New York Lift-Off Film Festival!

Inspired by my New York experience, NATIVES explores what it's like to be a queer, early twenty-something, native New Yorker navigating adulthood in the projects of NYC.

Ronald is excited to announce that Fish, a short narrative about life in the Bronx through the lens of two queer brown men and their weed-loving friend, Illich (aka me) is OUT NOW!!!

Click here to watch!

Unpaid Interns

“You declared war on the future. But the future gets your coffee.”

Written and directed by Brendan Hughes as a part of Pace University's Film Festival, Unpaid Interns tells the story of five young adults who refuse to bow down to American plutocracy. Click here to find out how!

Russian in the City

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