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Count the Ways

Based on the old poem, but with a modern twist, a black-and-white, experimental short done in a theatre aesthetic.

  • Fatima Hye
    Director
    Animalium, Surveillance Girl, Black Mass Comedy
  • Fatima Hye
    Writer
  • Fatima Hye
    Producer
  • Sara Gaston
    Key Cast
    Lars the Emo Kid, Dead of Knight, Conjoined
  • Joe Grisaffi
    Key Cast
    Lars the Emo Kid, Conjoined, Laughing Boy
  • Kerianne Parker
    Cinematographer
    Acid Test (Feature, forthcoming)
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    art, theatre, acting, poetry, romance, relationship, love, emotions
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 30, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED 4K
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Fatima Hye

Fatima Hye is a Bangladeshi-American Muslim woman who grew up in Houston, TX. She earned certifications in Quranic Recitation and Classical Arabic while in Jordan. She got her BA and MA from the University of Houston, majoring in Philosophy, minoring in Psychology and Media Production. She teaches Philosophy and Humanities at San Jacinto and Houston Community colleges. She has completed several shorts and her first feature. Her featurette "Animalium" was screened at the Victoria, TX Indie Fest and is currently available on Tubi. Recently, her script "Adoratum Technica" was a Finalist for the WIFT-H (Women in Film and Television) & SWAMP (Southwest Alternative Media Project) Table Read Competition, she was a screener for the HCAS (Houston Cinema Arts Society) Cinequest (Nasa) competition, and her feature "Abortifacient" was just picked up for Distribution through Summer Hill Entertainment through the agency The Movie Agency.

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Director Statement

My films are generally artsy, experimental, and philosophical in nature. This is the first of 3 "Covid" Projects I conceived of in Lockdown. We were able to shoot it at a theatre with a cast and crew of 4, within a few hours, on a tiny budget! It's based on the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but done in a modern way and with a theatre aesthetic. I find a lot of my work combines the classical and the modern in unique ways and is a good reflection of my own worldview, which is also quite mixed (and which often surprises others).