Rambler Studios (2020) One of three portraits I created for Rambler Studios, a creative studio in Amsterdam/Berlin/New York that empowers young creatives to design their life through fashion.

Director/Producer: Steffie van Rhee
Cinematographer: Jia Li
Sound mixer: Carver Audain
Editor: Inés Vogelfang
Composer: Dan Saulpaugh

I've contributed a number of videos & photographs to PBS' American Portrait Project. https://www.pbs.org/american-portrait/story/4351/erika-b-far-rockaway-ny-when-i-step-outside-my-door

PBS American Portrait Project (2020) One of 5 portraits I shot & directed for PBS American Portrait Project, a year long storytelling project by PBS. This one was shot on super8 with the prompt ‘When I step outside my door’.

Written, directed & edited by Steffie van Rhee Cinematography by Mara Cates & Steffie van Rhee Animation by Annelise Capossela Music by Jazmarae Beebe Special thanks to Emily Nemec, Jen Donohoo, Tish Lara, Elizabeth Rohe, Juul Op Den Kamp & Lisa Schmechel

Lucidity (2018) Inspired and empowered by the Me Too movement, in 2017 women begin to speak out and share their stories. A young female filmmaker is confronted with her own traumatic experience, and looks for a way to express herself, because, she too, can't stay silent. 

Written, directed, narrated & edited by Steffie van Rhee
Cinematography: Mara Cates Bragar & Steffie van Rhee
Original music: Jazmarae Beebe
Animation: Annelise Capossela
With/Special Thanks: Elizabeth Rohe, Tish Lara, Juul Op den Kamp, Lisa Schmechel, Jen Donohoo & Emily Nemec

Official selection Roxy Underground Film Festival
Featured during 2018’s Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis Conference in Los Angeles
 

‘Welcome to the club that nobody wants to be a member of’. That was one of the first things that Constance Malcolm heard when she lost her son Ramarley Graham in February of 2012 when he was shot and killed in their apartment in the Bronx by a police officer. Ever since she said the same thing more often than she would have liked to other parents. That’s why she became an activist, dedicating her whole life to getting justice for her son and trying to change the system. The short documentary A Life Before This tells the story of a mother who hangs on to the last bit of hope of getting justice for the son she lost, while getting up every day and fighting against police brutality, so that hopefully one day she doesn’t have to greet new members to the club anymore. A film by Steffie van Rhee Music by Kenny Johnson

A Life Before This (2016)

'Welcome to the club that nobody wants to be a member of'. That was one of the first things that Constance Malcolm heard when she lost her son Ramarley Graham on February 2nd of 2012 when he was shot and killed in their Bronx apartment by a police officer. Ever since she has said the same thing more often than she would have liked to other parents. 

A Life Before This tells the story of a mother who hangs on to the last bit of hope of getting justice for the son she lost, while getting up every day and fighting against police brutality and gun violence, in the hope that one day she doesn't have to greet new members to the club anymore.

Official selection New York Short Film Festival, NewFilmmakers New York & March On Washington Film Festival (Winner Special Jury Mention)

For more: www.alifebeforethis.com