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Ari Ali

Ari Ali
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Race/Ethnicity
Middle Eastern
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Creative Producer, Director, Post-Production Supervisor
Location
Oakland
Languages
English
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No
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Domestic and International
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Established
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Biography

Ari Ali⠀is a queer, Yemeni-American, filmmaker and producer. As a child of divergent cultures, her work seeks to elevate the stories of people, places, and historical events that have been overlooked or forgotten. For the last 15 years, she has created and led narrative, immersive, commercial, and animation based projects for a wide range of clients. 
Some of her recent work includes: large-scale projection mapping of endangered species on the Empire State Building for the documentary Racing Extinction;⠀collaborating with Freedom First on their multi-city human rights campaign to draw attention to violence against journalists; working closely with the United Nations on a campaign to raise awareness around the global impacts of climate change; and (a personal favorite) Fiat Lux: Illuminating Our Common Home, came from Pope Francis’s commissioning of a public art immersive experience on Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to inspire change around the climate crisis. Ari’s work is oftentimes at the intersection of art, technology, and activism.

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Active Projects

Ari's feature length directorial debut 'Ben Between Africa' is a personal and historical documentary that follows Ari as she searches for her late uncle's final letter. The journey takes Ari back in time to mid-century Ethiopia where she learns about her family's experiences as Mennonite Missionaries during the years leading up to the political revolution. The project received support through a Seed & Spark fundraising campaign and Ari has participated in the Docs-In-Progress 2021 Fellowship. 

Currently Ari is in Limassol, Cyprus participating in the Memeraki Artist Residency focusing on a distribution strategy for Ben Between Africa and in development on an accompanying archival gallery exhibition.

 

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Films

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