A selection of Sarah Almi’s recent work.
Thabaat- Social Media Content
Plan, shoot, edit, and post videos and content for Thabaat, a community space for Muslim young professionals. Capture lectures, discussions, audience members, and interviews. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Descript.
Other Work
Do I Have the Real Stuff?
A combination of shot and found footage come together in this piece about developing personal style in the umbra of the fashion industry.
“Do I Have the Real Stuff?” was screened at the Oak Park Film Festival in 2021.
TV Guide
Made during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, “TV Guide” uses found footage of TV commercials from the 1970s-1990s to examine the largely feminine imagery associated with American consumerism. This project sparked my interest in essay films..
The City in Late 20th Century Indie Films
Visual Essay on the depiction of cities and isolation in Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch) and Buffalo ‘66 (Vincent Gallo).