distillations (2026)
Grief is universal. Yet living with grief is an individual experience. distillations is an intimate essay film–part poem, part autoethnography, part meditation–on the process of living after loss. Broken into several chapters, the film reinterprets the platitudes often shared with those in grief, explores griefs that come from other forms of loss, and provides space for reflection, for healing, and for growth.
25 mins / Digital Video / Color
Writer / Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Presentations
Screening 7D, University Film & Video Association Annual Conference 2025 (Prairie View, TX)
“Mind and memory, knowledge and spirit” Screening Scholarship Media Festival 2023 (Philadelphia, PA)
Grants and Awards
Stolle Award, Faculty Support Grant, Saint Louis University 2025
Stolle Award, Faculty Support Grant, Saint Louis University 2023
