UMAMA

Directed by Talia Smith

Type of Project: Drama
Length: 20:00
Producer: Nora Zubizarreta
Editors: Graham Smith
Cinematographer: Ryan Lee
Sound Design: Andrew Gibbs

The morning after having made a promise to celebrate her son's academic achievement, Domestic worker Sibongile wakes to find he is missing. Despite her worries about her missing son, Sibongile must care for the children of her employer in order to get home and keep her promise.

Undergraduate
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Talia Smith is a filmmaker born and raised in South Africa. Her country's rich heritage inspired her storytelling aspirations from a young age and at 8 she decided she would one day move to New York to pursue a career in film and share these stories with the world. 10 years later she followed her dreams and studied Film and TV at NYU's Tisch School of the arts. Throughout her four years at NYU, she made South African and female-focused pieces. No matter the genre, all her films are created in pursuit of justice.