The idea of an artist collective came as a natural development from our documentary production. During the development stages of our film, we felt that the nature of filmmaking as an extensive process that takes years to be completed was not practical for the immediate nature of our subject matter. We needed an alternative initiative that would justify our description as a “call to action project”. We were yearning for a more direct way to connect with our audience and discuss the intersectionality issues of immigration in the United States. Instead of changing the course of production, we expanded our scope and founded an art activist collective that would support our film already in development and produce an online magazine of immigrant art.
Crew Members:
João Vieria
Director, Producer & Writer
Originally from Brazil, João Vieira moved to the U.S. to pursue his B.F.A. in visual media arts at Emerson College. Leaving the comfort of his homeland was the hardest thing he has ever done. Vieira values the personal growth he undertook as an immigrant as necessary to understand himself as an artist and to forge an independent future. He creates self-reflective investigations using experimental analog photography and filmmaking to explore concepts of homes, family and language.
Sylvie Sutton
Director & Editor
Sylvie Sutton was born and raised in San Francisco. She graduated from Emerson College in the Spring of 2019 with a B.F.A in visual media arts. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, primarily interested in photography and filmmaking. Her work revolves around topics of body-image, motherhood and languages. She speaks French and is learning her partner’s mother-language - Portuguese.
Alice Airoldi
Producer
Alice Airoldi is an LA based filmmaker born and raised in Milan, Italy. She has directed several short films and music videos, her latest award-winning film 'The Same Story' is currently in the festival circuit. Alice is devoted to finding new and fresh perspectives to tell stories that push for social change. In her free time, she can be seen roller skating near the beach or playing with her cat Marcello.
Allison Nguyen
Cinematographer
Los Angeles and Saigon based photographer-cinematographer. In 2018, she became greatly influenced by analog format and started applying the idea of imperfection and distinctiveness more in her work. As a multi-skilled artist with a passion for storytelling in fashion film, her work has been featured on Autre Magazine and Schön Magazine as well as brands’ websites.
Cléo Charpantier
Magazine Editor
Cléo Charpantier considers a few places home. She is a tried and true Californian: she grew up in foggy San Francisco, and attended college in sunny Los Angeles, where she studied Philosophy at Occidental College. She is also unquestionably French, having spent all her summers in the countryside there. Currently, she works at 826 Valencia, a writing education non-profit dedicated to encouraging students from under resourced communities to find a love of writing. Cléo is a wannabe writer, always in search of “le mot juste”, who writes about family, home, and morality.