A selection of Sarah Almi’s recent work.

Thabaat- Social Media Content

Plan, shoot, edit, and post videos and content for Thabaat, a community space for Muslim young professionals. Capture lectures, discussions, audience members, and interviews. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Descript.

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Other Work

Do I Have the Real Stuff?

A combination of shot and found footage come together in this piece about developing personal style in the umbra of the fashion industry.

“Do I Have the Real Stuff?” was screened at the Oak Park Film Festival in 2021.

https://vimeo.com/485810020?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

TV Guide

Made during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, “TV Guide” uses found footage of TV commercials from the 1970s-1990s to examine the largely feminine imagery associated with American consumerism. This project sparked my interest in essay films.

https://vimeo.com/408721138?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

 
 

The City in Late 20th Century Indie Films

Visual Essay on the depiction of cities and isolation in Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch) and Buffalo ‘66 (Vincent Gallo).

https://vimeo.com/675745946?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci