12 minutes, 2010

Who am I and what am I doing here? Ella finds out after landing in the young heady artist district of Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Shooting Format: super 16mm, HD
Master Format: HDCAM
Producer: Victoria Linchong
Cinematography: Aileen Taylor
Starring: Kim Chinh, Jerome Preston Bates, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Key Locations: Bushwick and Carnarsie, Brooklyn/NYC
Grants: Brooklyn Arts Council NYSCA regrant program

Fiscal Sponsorship: Chez Bushwick

Synopsis: 
Ella, an aspiring photographer, follows her musician boyfriend, Raj, to NYC. With his unexpected death their first night, the film follows Ella’s experience of coming out of her pain to connect with her unfamiliar environment and community.

Screenings:

• Arts in Bushwick SITE Festival: Bushwick Public Library, Northeast Kingdom Lounge, CastleBraid, March 5-7, 2010 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Moviehouse at 3rd Ward/Cinema Parque “This is North Brooklyn,” July 26, 2010 (Brooklyn, NY)
• Cinemania “NYC Films,” January 28, 2011 (Minsk, Belarus)
• Take Two, Direct Arts Short Film plus Feature Playreading series, May 8, 2012 (New York City)
• Summer Series 2014, New Filmmakers New York, August 20, 2014 (New York City)

 

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