Rodney Rascona's Reel

"MONICA" – is one of three women featured in a film created for the United Nations Foundation's - Clean Cooking Alliance. Black Inside gives us an intimate view to Monica's world in the Peruvian Highlands, presenting a strong, dignified self sacrificing woman who regardless of her cultural differences, shares her home and a common bond for a better life for her children. Directed, Produced and shot by Rascona entirely on location.

"VANDANA: Jadishpur India" – Living in a pastoral yet urban village along the Nepalese border, Vandana, a devout Hindu woman, speaks of her aspirations for life which are not that different from those of us in the West. One of three women from the triptych Black Inside -Three Women's Voices, Vandana gives us an intimate view of her world and what her life is all about. Rascona Directed, Produced and Co-Shot this production entirely on location.

Just west of the Somali border and equally south of Ethiopia’s Ogaden, you’ll find one of the most brutally harsh regions of open desert within Kenya’s vast northern territory, yet it’s called home by Sarah and her nomadic tribe the Gabra. Sarah is one of three women featured in the UNF-CCA's film, Black Inside, Directed, Produced and Co-Shot by Rascona entirely on location.

BLACK INSIDE - is a landmark film, a triptych created for the United Nations Foundation's - Clean Cooking Alliance. Rascona took an indie sized film team around the globe to create three intimate stories revolving around a serious global women's health problem. Sarah, Vandana and Monica - Kenya, India and Peru, each woman presents the challenges and aspirations for their children and their family – living in the developing world community. Directed, Shot and Co-Shot by Rascona entirely on location.

NAIROBI-KIBERA SLUMS: A street cast dance pilot – The boys hadn't eaten let alone having any money for a boom box to play music on – so they had to dance to sounds from a trashed car radio with ripped speakers while their dance, hidden from view within a dank concrete garage, was lit by a single broken car headlamp. Raw street talent. RASCONA Directed, Produced and Shot the piece entirely on location in Kenya. Closing segment to a presentation on "A Journey of Giving Back"

WORLD PULSE – A global project focused on four women, each from four different cultures – Nigeria, The Philippines, Texas and India… each sharing their lives and the challenges faced. They speak of World Pulse, a digital online space where women are safe to share their aspirations and dreams for life, equally sharing how they've faced challenges, in a solidarity filled enviroment designed to help speed up the path towards gender equality.

I AM - A WiSci Story - Presents a fresh voice on the STEM/STEAM initiative and Women In Science (WiSci). We follow four girls through their experiences, as they see their worldview change – in a short documentary produced on location in Malawi Africa 2017. Created for the US Department of STATE in Washington DC, the film documents and celebrates 98 girls from the US and 6 countries in Africa at WiSci '17, a 2 week camp for high school girls where they learn about careers in Science,...

"The Democratic Republic of Congo is a wonderful country, yet each and every day, men, women and children must fight for survival." Rascona was sent to the region to raise awareness to the challenges experienced and the successful programs which serve nearly a million people. Rascona Directed and Shot the film entirely in Congo.

RED DIRT ROAD – follows the life of Hab Saly, a young woman who believed there was more to life than working so hard for so little, in the oppressive garment factories in Phnom Penh. With a backdrop of the 1974 Khmer Rouge atrocities that permanently scared Cambodian life, Saly's vision is equally full of dreams for her future and the never-to-be forgotten ghosts from the past. Overcoming multiple odds and with minimal education, Saly was determined to learn how to be a seamstress, to chase...