HEAT
-Associate Producer
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
― Simone Weil
HEAT explores the extraordinary and ordinary moments of three women who live in L.E.S projects. When the push towards privatization of public housing deepens, each woman grapples with the meaning of home.
Currently raising money for post-production:
Keep It Goin
-Director
Music video for Keep It Goin by New York City rapper Xaviersobased. Homage to his roots in the Upper West Side, reclaiming the neighborhood through a visual reversal of the power dynamic between the life-long natives and the displacing, elitist institutions like Columbia University.
On the street with the vendors of West Harlem
-Producer, Writer, Editor
New York City has over 20,000 street vendors. Victor Swezey, Deputy Editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator's City On Saturdays and Sundays, the area around Montefiore Park in West Harlem becomes an open air market. Street vendors sell everything from household necessities to books and antique vinyl records—some of the 20,000 across the city who face unpredictable weather, police harassment, and an ineffective permit system every day as they seek to make a living. Spectator recently talked to a few of these vendors in West Harlem to hear their stories
Columbia Student Homophile League
-Producer, DP
On Oct. 28, 1966, Columbia College sophomore Stephen Donaldson, prominent gay rights activists Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, University Chaplain John Dyson Cannon, and college administrators sat down in Earl Hall for a meeting. When they left, the first gay student organization, Columbia Student Homophile League, was established. In this video, we sat down with one of SHL’s founding members, Seana Anderson, to talk about the club’s origins and the barriers it faced on its way to University approval.
Media Naranja
-Producer
On a cold night in the city, an English-speaking Latin-American, Rocio, meets Maricela, a lost Spanish-speaking immigrant who has recently arrived to America. Against a language barrier, they must find their way to Maricela’s home and wrestle with their potential feelings for each other.
Stills from “La Noche Fría”
Mood Board for “La Noche Fría”
Campus Speculations: Will students keep wearing their masks?
-Editor
Campus Speculations is a series where Columbia Spectator investigates the opinions of students and Columbia affiliates on various school affairs. In this episode of Campus Speculations, Opinion head Senem Yurdakul asks Columbia affiliates about the University’s mask mandate and whether they think students will continue to wear masks in their classes once it is lifted.
Columbia Dorm Tours: Broadway
-Producer
In the first episode of Columbia Dorm Tours, sophomore Lolo Dederer, Columbia College ’24, gives a tour of her Broadway Hall double and an overview of a few of Broadway Hall’s unique building amenities, including the famed Broadway Sky Lounge with breathtaking views of the city.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/2022/04/15/columbia-dorm-tours-broadway-hall/
The 126th Annual Varsity Show
-Editor
2021 has been a historic year, and The Varsity Show is no exception. V126: We Hope This Musical Finds You Well is a story of love, friendship, secret societies of Columbia University while exploring the dynamics of class tensions.
Big Apple Trip
-Producer, DP
A sibling’s trip to New York City takes a dark turn when they encounter a mysterious stranger.
