Original Video + Performance Art by Ebony T. Perry

"Wishing Well For the World" Original Poem and Meditation by Ebony T. Perry - Retana

Music: "Interstellar Chillhop Vibes" by Mattijs Muller (Standard License, Shutterstock Canada, ULC, DBA "PremiumBeat").

Created for the UCLA Social Emotional Arts (SEA) Certificate Prpgram Cohort Spring 2022

Special thanks and dedications to the youth and team leaders at Seen & Heard LA, for inspiring the creation of this poem and meditation practice.

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"The Story My Candle Will Tell"

Logline: An introspective tale circling the writings of a poet- as she reflects upon her journey, and the fragile gift that is life.

“The Story My Candle Will Tell” is an original short film, that I wrote, directed, and, narrated. This film began as a poem and as an even shorter conceptual film exercise, in the fall of 2013.

"Candle" was later re-shot and completed in the spring of 2014, with classmates from my university’s Film program. It then went on to be featured in a few gallery exhibitions around the Downtown Arts District of San Pedro, CA.

In the Summer of 2015, “Candle” went on to be one of six shorts selected for a Summer Film Music Intensive. Through this Intensive program, I got to collaborate with professional film composers and musicians, for an original score at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. As part of the Summer Intensive culmination, “The Story My Candle Will Tell” was screened at a premiere held at the Musician’s Institute.

FILM CREDITS | TEAM:

Written, Directed, and Narrated by Ebony T. Perry, Original Music by Jiade He, Directors of Photography: Alex Pelinovschi & Mac Kimura, Set Design by Kylee Norfleet & Andres Enriquez Ramirez, Mixed Media Paper Sculpture: “Discarded History” by Ebony T. Perry, Editors Mac Kimura & Adrian Neal

Special thanks to Professor Patricia Kelley, Craig Richey, Tom Villano, & Musicians Institute Hollywood, CA

Original Treatment for “The Story My Candle Will Tell”