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I’m Raed (pronounced like Rapid without the P), a Capital Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and writer based in Brooklyn.

My documentary journalism & nonprofit videography work has taken me from the Bolivian Andes to the wild apple forests of Kazakhstan. I’ve partnered with international nonprofits, media outlets including BBC News and Christianity Today, and academic institutions such as the UVA Center for Politics.

I direct, shoot, edit, and contribute to editorial and creative strategy across a range of multimedia projects.

Select Work

VIDEO

BBC News, How Safe do New Yorkers feel on subway after Penny verdict?

Music & Meaning, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Video Essay)
UVA Center for Politics, Common Grounds? (2021) NOMINATED FOR A CAPITAL EMMY

Organization of African Students at UVA, Journey to the Black Infinite

100 Fold Studios, Summer Studio 2021 | Week 3

WRITING

Christianity Today, You Are a Tree Book Review

Christianity Today, The Harrowing of Hell

Ekstasis Magazine, Writing as Pure Play

Common Grounds? (2021)

“Common Grounds?,” the first ever student-produced documentary by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, was nominated in the category for Best Cultural/Topical documentary by the Capital Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The film features several students from the center’s 2021 intern class and other UVA students of contrasting political views working together to achieve a shared goal.

Further Recognition

Best Student Short at the 2022 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

Official selection of the spring 2022 Oregon Documentary Film Festival, where it was a finalist for Best Documentary Film and Best Cinematography.

Finalist Documentary Short at the February 2022 Emerging Artists Film Festival.

An Award of Merit in the March 2022 Best Shorts Competition.