safe haven
Shifting Perspectives: Vertical Cinema reorients standard perceptions of making and watching movies. Located in and inspired by the museum’s double-height Hurd Gallery, Shifting Perspectives offers a unique vertical cinema viewing experience and honors the spirit of experimentation in cinema.
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Film can be viewed here. Shot on iPhone.
Featured in The Academy Museum’s Nov 2023 - Aug 2024 exhibition of experimental cinema.
PORTRAIT OF A CAGED BIRD
An experimental documentation on what it is to break free from the confines of remaining statuesque as a method of acceptance and expectation. To take control of the narrative, to revel in the elegance, and to reshape the mold with freedom of expression.
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Film can be viewed online here.
Short film shot on 16mm as a part of a course with Ghetto Film School and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens to be shown at the “Borderlands” exhibition in fall of 2021.
surface
A meditative experience with a kindred stranger provides a moment of reflection and release for an isolated spirit.
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Film can be viewed online here.
Short film made as a part of Frieze Art Fair’s 2021 Los Angeles Film Award fellowship.
NIKE LA - REDEFINE SPORTS
Director and Photographer for Nike Los Angeles’ Redefine Sports with Community Organizers and Yoga Instructors Marley Rae + Ivy Coco Maurice and soloist ballerina Jasmine Perry.
Cinematography by Brian “Qewly” Smith.
APPLE x GHETTO FILM SCHOOL
Selected filmmakers from Ghetto Film School each directed a project for Apple’s “Vertical Cinema” series in 2020.
Watch the Behind the Scenes film on YouTube.
Ciara Zoe’s film can be found here on Apple’s IGTV and Instagram.
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Directed by Ciara Zoe
Edited by Media Arts Lab
Production Company: Ghetto Film School x Media Arts Lab.