shadowed breeze

a lyrical and poetic meditation on the beauty and evanescence of Black youth.

  • Christian Lee
    Director
  • Christian Lee
    Writer
  • Christian Lee
    Producer
  • Isabella Adderly
    Key Cast
  • Shaylah Davis
    Key Cast
  • Daniel Edu
    Key Cast
  • Jaeleigh Marie
    Key Cast
  • Sophia Nowlin
    Key Cast
  • Kaylani Riley
    Key Cast
  • Chloe Pascal
    Production Assistant
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Student
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 11, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of California, Irvine
Director Biography - Christian Lee

Named by VoyageLA Magazine as a “Rising Star,” Telly Award® winning filmmaker Christian Lee is a New York Times published photographer and a National YoungArts Winner whose work received international recognition from over thirty competitions & publications, including the Sony World Photography Awards, Vogue Italia’s PhotoVogue, W.W. Norton & Company, Fujifilm, the University of Cambridge, and the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. His short films premiered at the largest screening venues in the United States, ranging from the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to the AMC Empire Theatre in Times Square. He worked as as a High School Insider Journalist for the Los Angeles Times and currently serves on the Board of Directors at The Lighthouse Initiative, a registered non-profit organization supported by Microsoft, Canva, and the Davidson Institute.

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Director Statement

This place a palace of light drawn with shade
Of silence and pretence a token of our trade
And here you and I lie wreathed in flames
All over a life lived by making up new games
Of gazes and whispers

- Ka Hancock, Dancing on Broken Glass