Directing


​Short Film: Sundown

A dance narrative about a couple's one magical day in the park.
Directed by Megumi Haggerty
Written by Hannah Balagot and Megumi Haggerty
Produced by Veronica Carr and Hannah Balagot
Original Music & Score by Michael Mott
All rights reserved. 2020.

short film: roof

Roof is the story of a group of friends who experience a difficult but typical day, where they are made to feel "other" in common situations, until they regroup, recover and rejoice in being themselves when together. This "other"-ness we feel from society is because we are women, biracial, gay, immigrants, and have non-American names. I had been (and still am) frustrated by the prevalence of whitewashing in mainstream television and cinema, of feeling ignored, unseen and unappreciated. I made Roof to share those feelings of many ways of being marginalized, and also to address them by providing a platform to tell the sort of stories I didn't think were being told. A film that shows real examples of how my friends and I experience life. How at the end of the day, we come together to discuss it, dissect it, laugh about it, and grow stronger from it. I hope this film makes anyone else feeling alone and "other" that they are not. That they are whole and perfect and they're going to get through it.
Written, Produced and Directed by Megumi Haggerty
​Director of Photography: Brett Kodama
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Director: Megumi Haggerty
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