FEA Students Intern on Films Premiering at Sundance
Published December 11, 2019
By Alexandrea Mercier
Three students from the Department of Film & Electronic Arts' (FEA) creative nonfiction track worked as interns on three different documentary feature films that will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival!
Evan Sardarian (CNF class of 2019) - intern on Assassins
U.S.A. (Director: Ryan White, Producers: Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White) — True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea? World Premiere
Katherine Hurley - (CNF class of 2019) - intern on Untitled Kirby Dick/Amy Ziering Project (film will be titled soon!)
U.S.A. (Directors: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, Screenwriters: Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, Sara Newens, Producers: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, Amy Herdy, Jamie Rogers) — A brilliant former hip hop executive grapples with whether to go public about her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry. A gripping and profound examination of race, gender, intersectionality, and the toll sexual abuse takes on survivors and on society at large. World Premiere
Luis Zuinga - (CNF class of 2020) - intern on Mucho Mucho Amor
U.S.A. (Directors: Cristina Costantini, Kareem Tabsch, Producer: Alex Fumero) — Once the world's most famous astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised in the sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, Walter grew up to become a gender non-conforming, cape-wearing psychic whose televised horoscopes reached 120 million viewers a day for decades before he mysteriously disappeared. World Premiere
