Video essays

2025–2026

Video Essays

Short films and essays made for Harvard courses.

Courses
GenEd 1049
Expos 20
Format
Video essay

GenEd 1049 · May 2026

A Girl Washing Her Hair

Final project for GenEd 1049: East Asian Cinema, where I explore my identity as a Southeast Asian woman tangled in my curly hair. This is a shortened version from my 12-minute short film as final project for AFVS 66: Documenting the Real, which has now become lost media. This film is inspired by Woman Washing Her Hair by Hashiguchi Goyo in the Harvard Art Museums.

Expos 20 · May 2025

Water Lilies

Final project for Expository Writing 20: Queer Coming-of-Age Stories, where I explore a different view (is this pun?) on the gazes in Water Lilies, a 2007 film by Céline Sciamma.

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