The Stage 32 Videos: Rap

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, Technology, Engineering, Art & Design, and Mathematics (STEAM). Hosted by the UN Foundation's GirlUp program and the U.S. State Department, supported by forward thinking tech companies INTEL, NASA and GOOGLE – who taught the girls how to code. RASCONA Directed, Produced and Shot the film entirely on location in Malawi.

"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 her dreams and return to a simple, peaceful life in the jungle with her family. Her world soon changed when life brought first world women to her village who wanted to help developing world women... enjoy a better life. We lift the veil to the lives of humble yet very courageous women living in the jungles of rural Cambodia, who with western women as loving mentors, help Saly realize her dreams, let go of her ghosts, and become part of a vast global sisterhood where everything is possible.

Compare the raw and graded footage of a commercial I shot and directed recently in Ngeria

Compilation of films and videos that I worked on throughout my college career at the Art Institute of Houston as a cinematographer.B.F.A in Digital Filmmakin...

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