Keola Racela studied film and digital media at University of California Santa Cruz. Mascot: Banana Slug. Before entering the MFA Film Program at Columbia University, he worked as Media Director at Youth Rights Media, a non-profit organization in New Haven, CT dedicated to creating social change through youth-led documentary filmmaking.
Above the Sea
Directed by Keola Racela
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A young woman is forced to take extraordinary risks to survive in the dangerous underworld of 1930s Shanghai when her life is threatened by a murderous policeman.
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Type of Project
Narrative – Noir
Length
16:24
Program
Columbia University
Producer
Lily Niu
Editor
Keola Racela
Cinematographer
John Wakayama Carey
Contact
kjr2129 [at] columbia.edu