Zazie Ray-Trapido

Zazie Ray-Trapido

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Biography: Zazie Ray-Trapido is a filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles. Her films expand on traditional documentary and narrative formats, engaging with analog film techniques, archives, and performance. Her practice investigates relationships between memory, ideology, and the environment. Her work has been screened at festivals and venues worldwide, including the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Viennale, RIDM, Kasseler Dokfest, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Curtas Vila do Conde, Oberhausen, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, ICDOCS, and Maysles Documentary Center, among others. She holds a BFA from Bard College and an MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts.

Movies

Playdate
Playdate

Playdate consists of surreal and performative reimaginings of the simple and naive games played thro...

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Radium Girls
Radium Girls

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on ...

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Nona
Nona

Dr. Eva Ray is 90 years old. She lives in a house by herself outside of Philadelphia. Born in former...

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Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt

In search of a mysterious treasure, three women embark on an adventure through magical and playful v...

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When We Encounter the World
When We Encounter the World

In 1934 an experiment by an amateur-scientist couple began. Named after a genus of moths, the Autome...

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A Call to Spy
A Call to Spy

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchi...

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If a Tree Falls in a Forest
If a Tree Falls in a Forest

Set in the landscapes of Los Angeles, this hybrid documentary seeks to explore harmful cyclical occu...

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Somewhere Else
Somewhere Else

Eight friends living in Los Angeles share their thoughts on politics, family, body, fear and dreams ...

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