Documentary Reel
Videography and editing by Ann Misaki Singer.
Clips:
00:00 - A walk through Boston's Historical Chinatown.
00:34 - The local farm at a Rwandan youth village cultivates produce, such as cassava root, to feed more than 500 students daily. The kitchen staff manually pound cassava flour to eventually make ubugali, a sticky starch, for mealtime.
01:26 - Cadets of the Charles River Battalion ROTC program at Boston University participate in Field Training Exercises (FTX) to practice living in a combat-ready zone, simulating every possible situation including death.
01:52 - The Women's Bakery is a Rwandan social enterprise that works to empower women and reduce food insecurity through business and baking training and using local ingredients to produce affordable, nutritious bread. Women in the Gicumbi branch are celebrating their training graduation, prepare bread and go to their local market to sell.
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Client Reel
Videography and editing by Ann Misaki Singer.
Clips:
00:00 - Kootenay Yoga School is located on Isla Mujeres, a Mexican island in the Caribbean Sea.
00:45 - Starbucks Reserve Roastery opened on Michigan Avenue, otherwise known as the Magnificent Mile, in Chicago in 2019. At the time, it was the biggest Starbucks in the world, and the sixth Reserve Roastery. There are five floors spanning 35,000 square feet featuring three different coffee bars, an Italian bakery, a coffee-inspired cocktail bar and a rooftop terrace. In the center of the building there is a 56 ft. steel cask that stores and distributes coffee beans throughout the roastery.
01:09 - Melissa Yen with Jo Snow Syrups hopes to stir a sense of nostalgia and relief on hot days by offering homemade, natural syrups and unique, icy creations. She uses a manual, hand-cranking ice-shaving machine to make fluffy, feathery snow cones.
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The ASYV Family: Allelua
Allelua Niyokwizwera, a recent graduate of Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (Class of 2018), discusses how ASYV has impacted her life.
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village is a living and learning community that works to empower vulnerable youth in Rwanda through education, healthcare, healing and love.
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Dissonance
"I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does."
The Smiths, in their song "How Soon Is Now," may be on to something. Dissonance is a story of the tricky intricacies of relationships and love (between self, one another, objects, concepts).
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Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Presents: Village Time
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village is a living and learning community that works to empower vulnerable youth in Rwanda through education, healthcare, healing and love.
This video introduces Village Time - a live, weekly show for students to share their talents and ideas to all the other students and staff. Performances include singing, dancing, modeling, news productions, video projects, plays, among others.
Video in collaboration with Ann Singer, Peter Lee, and the students of ASYV.