Crush(ed)

Directed by Amanda Gordon

Length: 6:32
Producer: Amanda Gordon, Ziyne Abdo
Editor: Gabriel Guimaraes
Cinematographer: Mia Navarro
Sound Designers: Alex Moudgil

Synopsis: Crush(ed) is a charmingly awkward coming-of-age story about transformation, identity, and the woes of having an unreciprocated middle school crush. After the last day of 7th grade, Maya straightens her natural hair in an attempt to get her childhood best friend, Will, to like her.

Undergraduate
aag660@nyu.edu

Amanda Gordon is an award-winning filmmaker who aims to explore self-acceptance through the lens of Black femmes. She is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is currently a Creative Strategist at TikTok. In her free time, runs a Youtube channel with over 200,000 subscribers.