Uptown

Directed by Harold Kahane

Length: 8:00
Producer: Harold Kahane and Zachary Maxwell
Editor: César Oyarzabal
Cinematographer: Mateo Martinez
Sound Designers: Chris Friedman

Synopsis: Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Khadija, a young, Caribbean Bronxite, must begin her first day as a housekeeper to support her infant and her sickly mother. Foretold by the warnings her mother, a voyager herself into the lavish and morally-corrupted uptown world, Khadija discovers the scene of a crime whilst cleaning. She scrambles to leave the apartment when, suddenly, she hears a key in the door...

Undergraduate
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Harold Kahane is a native New Yorker. He learned storytelling from his Father and photography from his Mother. He admires the works of David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Yasujirō Ozu. After graduating from the Stern/Tisch Dual Degree program, he hopes to make movies for the rest of his life.