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Found (2021)

After DNA tests reveal them to be cousins, three girls adopted by different American families travel to China in hopes of meeting their birth parents. Directed by Amanda Lipitz in partnership with My China Roots.

I worked closely with Liuhao – the lead researcher tasked with finding their birth parents – to share her personal story and investigative process throughout the film, conducting interviews and documenting her research journey in Beijing and Guangzhou.

 

Director • Editor

Sanctuary Without Borders (2020)

A window into the sanctuary church movement, this short documentary follows an undocumented father’s fight to reunite with his family in North Carolina.

In memory of Samuel Oliver-Bruno, who passed away in 2021 from brain injuries sustained following his deportation to Mexico. Holding both grief and gratitude as his community came together to raise over $20,000 for his medical care.

If you feel compelled to help support Julia and Daniel in this difficult time, they are open to receiving donations at the link below. Thank you ❤

 

Vlogging

The Chrysalis Chronicles

In 2018, I moved to China to explore my roots. This is my adventure so far!

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From Colombia to China, I’ve had the joy of capturing families, artists, and innovators in their element.

 
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A family reunion in Malaysia helps a teacher see her mother and mixed heritage in a new light.

When a painting comes to life, a stirring chase ensues.

Role: Sound Engineer. Filmed in Shanxi in collab with Beijing Dance Academy and Tree House Productions.

Promo film for My China Roots interweaving the journeys of three roots seekers.

This Emmy Award-winning story dives into “pickle power,” a multi-university collaboration with Mt. Olive Pickle Company to generate electricity from pickle wastewater.

Students and local artists unite to mobilize young voters in the U.S. 2016 election.

In collaboration with Rock The Vote, Students of the World, Center for Documentary Studies, NC NAACP Youth & College Division, and Artstigators.

Jackie Aiken, a working mother of four, finds a wonderful parenting partner in Partners for Youth Opportunity. Now, her children have more resources, mentors, and work opportunities.

Poem about loving yourself – and all who've made you you – in the wake of heartbreak.

Featured in the videopoetry anthology Moving Poems and student film festivals at Duke University.

A professional ballet dancer, Stephanie is always "en pointe”: elegant, serene, graceful. With this impromptu freestyle, she trades poise for a spiritual whirl in wonder.

This preface to DefMo’s annual showcase celebrates dance as a guiding compass through life.

Music: “Compass” by Zella Day (Louis the Child Remix)

What says "Bull City" better than a bull? In 2007, Leah Foushee sculpted Durham's iconic bull statue with her husband, Mike Waller. Now, the metal sculptors have two young children molding their lives everyday. Leah’s series, Buttons, explores the generational journey of mothers “keeping it all together." Full episode.

Newspaper sales agent by day. Hip-hop mentor by night. Josh “Rowdy” Rowsey heads up the local cypher scene. Through Blackspace, he’s committed to helping African-American youth discover their “God voice.” Full episode.

For the 20th anniversary of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, North Carolinian filmmakers, volunteers, and festival-goers celebrate the power of documentary film. Full episode.

Trash to treasure: Steve Peters transforms reclaimed wood into beautiful furniture for his community. Full episode.

A retired environmental consultant, Jim Capel leads bird walks throughout Durham’s natural parks. In a raucous era of polarized tweets, he invites us to tune in to the “small miracles” chirping in our backyards. Full episode.

“SuperGeek” Ashlyn VanDine refurbishes computers for kids who can’t afford them. On the side, she teaches other teens how to code. Full episode.

Growing up in Medellín, Cristina Echeverry has witnessed the “everyday” deaths of neighbors in gang wars. When a casual stroll becomes life-or-death, can the body be truly free from the straitjacket of territorial violence? Through photography and projection, Cristina roams the fractured streets she calls home.

Santiago is a full-time jokester. But behind the laughs, he aches from the violence and inequality he has experienced in Medellín. In this honest reflection on urban design, Santiago shares why architecture is his key to survival and transforming urban space.

A university student, tour guide, and founding elder bear witness to the transformation of Santo Domingo – once the most dangerous barrio in Medellín – thanks to a "library park.” Parque Biblioteca España is dismantling the neighborhood's legacy of violence with art, education, and storytelling.

United In Praise is a big-hearted gospel choir rooted in praise and community. Produced with Duke University Chapel.

People or profit? Living wage employers in Durham show it’s possible to choose both. Produced for the exhibition Trying to Get By: [Not] Making Ends Meet in North Carolina.

College students share hilarious and sobering (mis)perceptions of periods. Produced with Progress. Period.

HackDuke unites university students from around the country to make tech platforms and apps targeting inequality, education, energy + environment, and health + wellness.

Known to locals as Karlov Most, the famous Charles Bridge hosts a dynamic roulette of musicians every day in Prague. 

The fullest "blank canvas" in the world stands in Prague. A living tribute to imagination, the John Lennon Wall inspires one guitarist to unify strangers in song.