As Copyist, Laurain, moves on into the unknown though a new life in England, she spends some time reflecting. Choosing Daniel in the Lions’ Den by Sir Peter Paul Rubens as her last copy before facing new challenges. She remembers a Korean proverb her parents used to tell her.
호랑이 굴에 들어가야 호랑이 새끼를 잡는다
“You must enter the tiger’s den to catch a tiger cub”- You must take risks and face challenges head on to achieve great rewards.
Release: TBD
Meet Medea Benjamin, the 72-year-old anti-war advocate and co-founder of CodePink. For decades, she’s fought tirelessly against US militarism— from Vietnam to Palestine. 🌍
From Congress to the streets, Medea and CodePink are fearless, facing down hostility and arrests in their relentless fight toward justice. ✊💥
We Rock! follows Gracen, a young professional in D.C., as they face stage fright at an adult music retreat for women and non-binary indivisuals. Over one empowering weekend, Gracen learns drums, forms a band, and performs an original song- discovering courage, joy, and community through Girls Rock! DC’s belief that everyone deserves to rock
A documentary exploring what led to the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. States Capitol, Congress and the electoral certification process through the first-hand accounts of those who literally defended democracy on that day. Moving beyond the actual attacks, the film then explores how some of the officers sought justice and accountability in order to prevent future violence and attacks on the electoral process and American political institutions.
This five-minute proof-of-concept documentary asks: How did the United States become a nation built around cars?Through archival footage and contemporary voices, the film traces the rise of highways and car culture, examining how these systems reshaped cities and communities and how people today are rethinking the future of transportation.
Mighty Mussels follows National Park Service staff and Anacostia Watershed Society scientists working to revive freshwater mussels in the Anacostia River, revealing how these small creatures could help restore the health of Washington’s urban waterway.
Release: TBD
Commissioned by the University of Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Archive, this 90-minute documentary traces two time Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s early life in Pittsburgh and the restoration of his childhood home in the historic Hill District. The film highlights the roots that shaped his path to Broadway.
When I first moved to Washington, D.C., I began working at Colorlab, where I gained hands-on experience in how a lab operates and collaborates with archives. In my first month, I completed one of my first films, diving into a space that was completely new to me.
A short documentary following the daily rhythms of a small working farm connected to American University. Through the routines and reflections of the people who tend it, the film captures the quiet work of farming; planting, harvesting, and caring for the land. In observing their day-to-day lives, the film explores how moments of humor, community, and satisfaction can be found in simple tasks, revealing a perspective on happiness rooted in the small things.
On the night before leaving her small-town home, Sejal discovers her widowed mother has stopped taking the medication she relies on for her mental health. As Sejal tries to confront her, her mother remains lost in making aloo poori—a farewell meal steeped in family ritual.
Pitt faculty, students, and staff tour the Vesper Gaucho Solar array near Clinton, PA, where Pitt has a 20-year power purchase agreement for all electricity and environmental attributes.
"The conversation about Black resistance has to do with Black opportunity and Black resilience. They're interconnected." - Clyde Wilson Pickett, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Pitt community members share their reflections on the power and meaning of Black spaces here at the University, including the ways in which the institution has reckoned with its shortcomings—and the work we have left to do to ensure students thrive. • What Black Resistance Means at Pitt
My first film I ever created has a special place in my heart. Completing my undergrad almost entirely during covid, my friends and I went full force into creating something together to learn the production skills we’d missed out on and produce a script I was proud of.
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Cam and Theo is a feminist counter-narrative inspired by Kerouac's On the Road. This is a featurette about a girl and a guy who are friends... just friends?
One of the many films I completed as a production associate at the University of Pittsburgh. It follows Water research being done by Students
Accepted into a prestigious NYC dance program, Anjani is a train ticket away from her dreams. But when her boyfriend Laksh impulsively offers to move with her, she begins questioning their future, sparking a clash between his aimlessness and her ambition.
Millie Blake, a perfectionist soccer star and straight-A student, is sentenced to a month of community service at a nursing home after trying to stop a fight at school, an unexpected start to her senior year. There, she’s paired with Andy Wellick, the outspoken instigator of the fight, and the two clash…until friendship, and then something more, blossoms. This inclusive, coming-of-age LGBTQ+ story explores identity, self-discovery, and the courage to be true to oneself.