Being

Directed by  

Ziyne Abdo

Length: 

17:59
Producers: 

Ziyne Abdo and Jenny Li
Editor:

 Shaye James
Cinematographer:

 Marshall Wayne Cooper
Sound Designer: Alexandria Hellman

Ella is back in New York City after her first year in college with something to get off her chest. When she shares her secret, her parents shut her out. Seeking refuge at a bus stop she calls her aunt to pick her up. As she waits, one girl in a random group of friends, shows Ella in a passing moment a level of compassion that she has never seen before. Ella learns her aunt can not support her in a way that she needs so she once again removes herself from an environment where she does not feel safe – once again alone with nowhere to go. She goes to the pier, and it is the strangers Ella became acquainted with earlier who comfort her, uplift her, and make her feel she will be okay.

Undergraduate Film
zaa260@nyu.edu

ZIYNE ABDO is a writer, director, photographer, and journalist residing in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts on May 2022 with her Bachelor's in Film and Television with honors and Journalism with honors. Born and raised in Minnesota's Twin Cities, her work explores community and hope. Her everyday personal experiences serve as the foundation of her artistic influences. She dives into the mediums of both filmmaking and writing. Abdo works full-time as a reporter for Inside Edition digital. She has also worked for Bustle as an intern on the creative team where she produced a video for Elite Daily. In 2020 she served as a project intern to the documentary team at Firelight Media, a non-profit organization aiding filmmakers of color to develop their films.