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My Own Americana: Year of Ritual
In Year of Ritual, I contemplate and fixate on the the minutiae surrounding major life events. With the documentarian assistance of my friends and family, I navigate the grief, jubilance, masculinity, mestizaje and social normativity that permeate my perspectives-- hoping to reach new places of love, understanding and acceptance.
June 2025
Jaik from the Inside
A mutual aid-produced short documentary film about a prolific multimedia painter named Jaik Elliott. Jaik has spent much of his adult life within our carceral system and has a vivid story to tell that touches upon the intersections of disability, incarceration, systemic racism, community care, healthcare and capitalism.
March 2026
Roles: Co-Director of Photography, Sound Designer, Composer, Co-Editor, Producer, Colorist
Prathloons: Live Loons at The Bronze
Prathloons play their last show as a "local" band in Minneapolis! Listen to the entire live album here: https://prathloons.bandcamp.com/album/live-loons-the-bronze-8423
November 2023
The Minneapolis Sanctuary Movement | Shelters are not the “Solution”
These four interviews focus on the issue of shelters - long heralded as a “solution” to houselessness, a premise without quantitative or qualitative evidence.
September 2021
Roles: Co-Cinematographer, Direction & Editing with @mplssanctuary
BWJP | “How Can I Make My Community Safer?”
www.bwjp.org
December 2021
Produced along the Battered Women’s Justice Project
July // The Web (Liz’s Outro)
An autobiographical collage shot on iPhone 11 and Fujifilm XH-1
July 2021
“The words don’t mean anything at all.”
Textura
(Student Project)
May 2015
The first personal documentary style work by Jonah Castañeda Barry made for the CAMS 296 course taught by Cecilia Cornejo and Jay Beck. The project is centered around the OCS (Off-campus studies) trip to Chile and Argentina, primarily employing haptic imagery and impressionistic, layered sound design.
