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A young woman is forced to take extraordinary risks to survive in the dangerous underworld of 1930s Shanghai when her life is threatened by a murderous policeman.

Keola Racela studied film and digital media at University of California Santa Cruz. Mascot: Banana Slug. Before entering the MFA Film Program at Columbia University, he worked as Media Director at Youth Rights Media, a non-profit organization in New Haven, CT dedicated to creating social change through youth-led documentary filmmaking.

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Awarded

2013 NBR Student Grant

 

Type of Project

Narrative – Noir

Length

16:24

 

Program

Columbia University

Producer

Lily Niu

Editor

Keola Racela

Cinematographer

John Wakayama Carey

 

Contact

kjr2129 [at] columbia.edu