Through Sunless Ways
2022 - short documentary film
In partnership with One Story Up & Supported by Topic Studios
New York City is a city that is often defined by its sleeplessness, its incessant hum of energy and movement. But where does this energy come from, how is it distributed, and how is it sustained? Through Sunless Ways follows this energy by way of light, moving across different neighborhoods in New York City from sunset to sunrise, and carried by the different patterns in which light is shed in the city. Five native New Yorkers of distinct backgrounds and neighborhoods share their personal relationships to light, as the film explores how their stories mirror much greater systems of power playing out across the city.
Special Jury Mention at San Diego Asian Film Festival (2023)
DOCNYC (2023)
CREDITS:
Cast (In Order of Appearance)
Alicia Boyd - Founder of Movement to Protect the People (MTOPP) & Flower Lovers Against Corruption (FLAC)
Patrick Mock - Manager at 46 Mott Street Bakery
Darren Kawa - Lighting Designer at Kawa Lighting
Amber Officer-Narvasa - Writer, Land Worker, Seed Keeper, Artist - author of Omnipresence: How Surveillance Strategies Affect the Wellbeing of Black Communities in Recompiler Magazine
Elizabeth Goldstein - President of The Municipal Art Society of New York
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Directed By Kira Dane & Katelyn Rebelo
Executive Producers Roger Ross Williams & Geoff Martz
Executive Producers Ryan Chanatry & Gena Konstantinakos
Producers Andrea Yu Chieh Chung, Gretta Wilson, Kira Dane , Katelyn Rebelo
Associate Producer Andrew Rodriguez
Cinematographers Katelyn Rebelo, Cai Thomas, Reggie Chelsom, Cezar Mocan
Production Assistants Jahsira Williams, Mariales Diaz
Editor Kira Dane
Shadow Puppet Animation Hoshifune
Colorist Cody L Sandberg
Sound Design David Britton
Music Composed by Csisterna
“The Peach Tree Next Door Grew over Our Fence” Performed and Written by Dylan Henner
“Exton” Performed and Written by Dylan Henner
“As Bodies of Rest and Station” Performed and Written by Richard Skelton
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FOR ONE STORY UP
Producer Aisha Jama
Production Manager Roderick Alleyne
Assistant to Roger Ross Williams Naema Ahmed
Production Legal Services Steven C. Schechter
Insurance Provided by Front Row
Production Accountant Michelle Jacoby