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Elaine Is Almost

Em Yue
2021 | 13 min 3 s
Short Documentary
English

Premieres March 17, 2021 on Instagram @otherlyseries.

Shot and animated over the course of a year, Elaine Is Almost explores the unconditional love between siblings as one sister interviews another on the eves of her 14th and 15th birthdays. Filmmaker Em Yue uses live action mixed with animated sequences to delve into their younger sister Elaine’s awkward early teen years. A conversation on diversity, feelings of anxiety, and the need to find one’s place in the world unfolds and becomes a film about identity, connection, and family ties.

This film is part of Otherly, a series of seven short documentaries about belonging, premiering on Instagram Stories.


One-Liner

Shot over the course of a year, Elaine Is Almost explores the unconditional love between siblings as they each navigate their place in the world.



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Team


Em Yue
Director

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Akmyrat Tuyliyev
Producer

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Aja Evans
Associate Producer

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Opeyemi Olukemi
Executive Producer

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Credits

Written and Directed by
Em Yue

Producer
Akmyrat Tuyliyev

Associate Producer
Aja Quinn Evans

Executive Producer
Opeyemi Olukemi

Director of Photography
Em Yue

Editor
Em Yue

Animation
Em Yue

Assistant Animator
Chenxi Zhang

Music
Sam Yang

Featuring
Elaine Anna Yue
Em Yue

Audio Post-Production Services
Technicolor PostWorks New York

Re-recording Mixer
Christopher Koch, CAS

Post Sound Producer
Ashley Foy

Additional Sound
Noctvrnal

Sound Designers
Anna Woźniewicz
Helena McGill

Post Picture
Kettle Media Concepts

Post Production Supervisor
Nigel Kettle

Colorist
Maria Mendoza

Otherly Program Support

Production Coordinator
Clara Hughes

VP of Development, Communications & Government Affairs
Theresa Navarro

Marketing & Communications
Matisse Bustos-Hawkes

Senior Marketing Associate
Mahboob Alam

Digital Content Coordinator
Bree Nieves

VP of Impact and Engagement Strategy
Asad Muhammad

Education Manager
Courtney Cook

Outreach Specialist
Robert Salyer

Senior Associate, Programs & Engagement
Rachel Friedland

Impact Producer Consultant
Domino Sound

VP Finance & Business Affairs
Kristal Choy

Director of Finance & Operations
Betty Cordero

Legal Counsel
Aaron Goldberg

Program Development
John MacFarlane
David Oppenheim

Otherly Lab Mentors and Speakers
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Sisa Bueno
Kimberly Drew
Vicky Du
Adama Delphine Fawundu
Lauren Hutchinson
Alison S.M. Kobayashi
Theresa Loong
Dumeetha Luthra
Sarah Rothberg
Ziv Schneider
Pat Shiu
Saschka Unseld

Otherly Lab Production Assistant
Rand Jitan

Otherly Title Design
Yazmin Monet

Otherly Website Design
Jacob Ford


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