Written by & Starring QUEEN-TIYE AKAMEFULA
Directed & Produced by CAROLINE FLYNN
Cinematography by HALEY J. SHAW
Editing by SAM CARBERY
Assistant Camera CHARLIE HULL
Gaffer MAX GUILLEN
Production Assistant JORDAN UNDERWOOD
Captions by AMY SHEELER, TRANSCRIPTION STAR
Originally Premiered June 16, 2021
RUN TIME: 13 MINUTES
QUEEN-TIYE AKAMEFULA (Actor/Writer) (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based actor and writer. She graduated from Tisch in 2019 after training with Playwrights Horizons and ETW. Queen-Tiye has had the pleasure of being part of Ars Nova’s ANT Fest in past years and is therefore excited to lead a production for the first time. NIGHTSWIMMING was first performed as a staged one-woman show at the Experimental Theater Wing (Tisch, Drama). Find more about her at queentiyeakamefula.com
CAROLINE FLYNN (Director/Producer) is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker who directs, produces, writes and even occasionally acts. She graduated in 2019 from the NYU Tisch Drama program and since then has been working on a variety of projects in both theater and film. Most recently, she created a sock puppet web series called Diary of a Teenage Sock Puppet that premiered on Instagram TV last fall. When she’s not working on a project, she can be found hiking in New Hampshire or baking sourdough. You can learn more about her and her work at carolineflynn.com
HALEY SHAW (Cinematographer) is a graduating senior at NYU in Tisch’s Film and Television department. She has worked professionally in New York in camera and electric for four years and has worked on over 100 projects from documentary to television to commercial. She has most recently worked on upcoming indie features Follow Her as a grip swing and Out and About as a 2nd AC.
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