SULAM (The Ladder)

Directed by Noam Argov

Length: 10:52

Producers: 
Bethiael Alemayoh

Editor:
 Noam Argov

Cinematographer:
 Ella Gibney

Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey and Dan Timmons

Twelve year-old Alma and her mother are recent immigrants to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida. On a tense morning before school, they wake up to find part of the ceiling in their apartment leaking and journey to buy a ladder at a local hardware store. What starts out as a simple shopping trip, however, quickly escalates. As Alma refuses to help translate and aggressively removes herself from the situation, boiling tensions test their relationship and co-dependence.

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na2683@nyu.edu

Noam Argov is a filmmaker, National Geographic Explorer, and MFA Graduate Student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts (Film Futures Scholar). Her work as a writer, director, and producer has screened at SXSW, Locarno, Aspen Shortsfest, and Palm Springs. She recently produced a Spike Lee–executive produced short nominated for a Student BAFTA, and her feature script Princess was selected as the top script for NYU’s Table-Read Initiative, where it was read in its entirety for actors and industry. In a previous life, she traveled the world as an adventure sports documentarian.

Noam grew up the child of immigrants in an apartment outside Disney World, and The Florida Project still makes her cry - a lot. Her work is driven by unlikely heroes who defy stereotypes, and is inspired by the power of "small" stories and ordinary people.