Short Film: How To Find Your Voice

How To Find Your Voice is a dark comedy. The story centers around a young woman dealing with depression. As she organizes her suicide, she explores with the audience how she got to this breaking point. As she tries to understand, she keeps getting interrupted by people who love and need her. Ultimately, realizing that she has found her voice, she wants to stay on earth to fight another day.

It is inspired by my journey of leaning on my community as I focus on what I’m grateful for while surviving these darker times.

As usual, my team will be a female lead crew of creatives lending their expertise to this project. Our visual style is ambitious, and we aim to pay industry-set award minimums where possible, which is reflected in our budget.

About Us:

Sade Ndya is an LA based Cinematographer, who also specializes in Fine Art Photography and Community Organizing. Sade’s creative style is grounded in surreal-like imagery, intricate attention to production design and dynamic lighting dedicated to portraying the beauty in being black.

Through her organizing work, Sade works with Made In Her Image,  a non-profit that provides women and non-binary youth of color with education, resources and industry opportunities in film, media, and technology. Their programs have expanded with partnerships from companies like Panavision, A24, and Sundance. 

Sade is represented by The Gersh Agency. Her work has been published on platforms like The LA Times and Netflix, where here work was highlighted in the recent documentary Strong Black Lens. She has freelanced working for companies like BET, Disney, NBC, Hillman Grad and Hoorae. Her recent film, Soñadora, had its debut premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.