Kwesi Abbensetts

Abbensetts was raised in Guyana.^[2] His interest in filmmaking and photography came later in life, when he attended college in the United States.^[2]

Abbensetts attended Montgomery College in Maryland.^[2] He learned photography through experimentation with a Pentax camera.^[3] In 2006, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in filmmaking from Brooklyn College. Some of his early influences include filmmaker Spike Lee.^[2]