Lower East Side Stories

 

 

2003 / English / 35mm / 38 min.


A series of four short films written and directed by Liselle Mei
Producers: Anadil Hossain and Michael Hoy
Cinematographer: Duraid Munajim  Editor: Jill Schweitzer
Starring: Stefanie Serga, Elie Finkelstein, Gioia de Cari, Stefanie Imhoff

 

The Women In Film Finishing Fund Award 2003
The Jerome Foundation’s New York City Media Arts Award 2003
The Lower East Side Stories features four sequential portraits of women of varying ages and ethnicities living in the Lower East Side of New York City.
 

The characters’ individual struggles for validation and self-fulfillment are presented against the unique social and cultural backdrop of the Lower East Side..

 

Fiction:The Red EarthSincerely AmberLower East Side StoriesAna: Portrait in Days