DOCUMENTARY

Underground Sound

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor

Beneath the streets of New York City, a Gambian jali transforms the chaos of the subway system into a sacred stage. Underground Sound profiles Salieu Suso as he carries the weight of a timeless West African oral tradition of storytelling-by-song into the heart of modern urban transit, keeping the stories of his ancestors alive for an audience on the move.

(Approved as an MFA thesis film at American University in 2013.)