The Blue Lenses, 2015
Runtime 19:02

Credits 2-Channel Video Installation

starring
Ron Ward
Elisa Baxter
Lafawndah

with
Katrina Cunningham
Meg Heus
Artem Revin

also with
Ripon Kumar
Shaheen Mias
Jamal Jamal
Yousov Fali
Attabak Abbas
Richard Lawrence
Mohammad Hassan
Tarosh Das
Sumoor Das
Kofo, Usabi, Mani, Rafisul, Hanif, and Nadeem

monologue texts
by Nathaniel Axel

NY crew
camera: Jim Turner
lighting: Geoffrey Womack, Ben Hunt
audio tech: Chris Kilcullen
make-up effects: Greg Pikulski
production coordinator: Abigail Thomas
Set Building: Stacey Petty, Alex Russi, and Sawyer Mitchell

shoot location, NY
Westbeth Center for the Arts
55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014

UAE crew
camera: Richard Lennon
lighting: Ben Hunt
audio tech: Nolan Funk
line producer: Chani Gatto
associate producer/location manager: Amani Alsaied
PA: Charlotte de Bekker
AC: Koh Terai
casting, UAE: Chani Gatto, Shakbut Al Kaabi, Ahmed Hameed

shoot locations, UAE
Intermilan Gents, Abu Dhabi
Vivaldi Furniture, Abu Dhabi
Kuwashi Abayas, Abu Dhabi
Jazirat Al Hamra, Ras Al Khaimah

rentals
Abdul Qadir / Action Filmz

online edit
Andrew Ford, Stunning Cuts

film supported by
the New York University Research Challenge Fund
the Westbeth Center for the Arts
NYU Abu Dhabi
and Marianne Boesky Gallery

special thanks to
Amani Alsaied, Marianne Boesky, Amos Katz, Steve Neil,
Jennifer Roth, and Sanjay Thakur

Run time: 19:02 minutes

Filmed at Westbeth, NYC and Abu Dhabi, UAE 2014-2015

Content Advisory (implied) violence, (read monologues)