Retrieval (Lead Camera, Stedicam Op)
Narrative short | Runtime 16’ | 2022
in post-production

RETRIEVAL is a lyrical short film that explores the process of a soul retrieval in the aftermath of sexual assault - the spiritual undertaking of bringing back a part of your soul that has been traumatically separated.

Holding the line between magic, fantasy, and grounded reality, the film asks the question: what sight of miraculous intervention do we need to conduct to seam together such a violent rupture?


Director: Fatimah Asghar
Cinematography: Jess X. Snow
Lead Camera: Nathaniel J. Brown
Producers: Jordan Phelps, Jamila Woods, Natalie Jasmine Harris
Assistant Director - Jamila Woods
1st AC - Elo Santa Maria
Gaffer - Frisly Soberanis
Key Grip - Sarah Alli
Script Supervisor - Khalea Ross Robinson
Production Designer - Rhea D’Souza
Costume Designer - Sueann Leung
Makeup Artist - Randy Rosenthal
Hair Stylist - Danielle Waugh
Production Sound - PJ Wyderka
Intimacy Coordinator - Alexandra Tydings
Editor + Post Sound Design - Jordan Phelps
BTS Photographer - Mengwen Cao