Film/TV/Video

Video projects produced and directed by Laila Kazmi.

 
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Two Northwest Regional Emmy® Awards and Six Nominations

 

Produced for PBS television station KBTC. Ameera Nimjee introduces us to Kathak, a centuries old dance form from South Asia.

Documentary short produced for PBS television station KBTC. Writer Tamiko Nimura takes us on a walking tour of what was once a vibrant Nihonmachi (Japantown) in Tacoma, WA.

Brand Story: Give InKind Founder Story

Startup founders share their story

Part of ‘Los Artistas,’ WINNER of 2019 Northwest Regional Emmy Award.

For long, memories of a Cuban childhood inspired Seattle-based artist Juan Alonso-Rodriguez's work. Returning to Cuba to reconnect with his roots has been a transformational experience.

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BE COUNTED music video was produced and directed for the Tacoma Refugee Choir. The song was written by the Choir to raise awareness of the 2020 US Census.

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An independent documentary short produced by Kazbar Media about a temporary COVID-19 treatment facility that was built on a soccer field in Shoreline, WA.

BE COUNTED is music video edited for the Tacoma Refugee Choir. Produced for World Refugee Day 2020. Filmed by the Choir members themselves due to the pandemic.

NOMINATED for 2020 Northwest Regional Emmy® Award

A unique improvisational theatre program at Seattle's Taproot Theatre Company is helping people experiencing early stages of memory loss or dementia.

A tiny shop along Greenwood Avenue offers a glimpse of something rarely seen, the intricate crafts and culture of Tibet. Inside Pema Kharpo, the owner

How one Japanese American jam maker is carrying on her  immigrant mother's legacy through family recipes.

Hear from the current Maharaja of Marwar-Jodhpur on the objects he grew up with that currently fill SAM's galleries, in Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India.

Choreographer Alicia Mullikin is opening minds and challenging long-existing stereotypical notions of who can be a dancer.

Hear what Princess Baijilal Shivranjani Rajye thinks is special about "Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India" and then get tickets to see for yourself

Paula Nava Madrigal is a Mexican immigrant and a music conductor. In addition to conducting orchestras, she teaches classical music to immigrant youth.

WINNER of 2019 Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Stories of four Latino artists living in the Pacific Northwest for whom art is not only a form of social expression but also a proclamation of heritage. Meet visual artist Juan Alonso-Rodríguez, poet Claudia Castro Luna, folk musician Abel Rocha, and dancer and choreographer Alicia Mullikin.

One of Sri Lanka's most prominent filmmakers, Prasanna Vithanage, discusses his work and making films in times of war. Vithanage is the director of 'With You, Wihtout You,' 'August Sun,' 'Death on a Full Moon Day,' and other feature films.

Shirin Neshat discussing her film ‘Looking for Oum Kulthum’ and her work as an artist living in exile from her native Iran.

NOMINATED for 2018 Northwest Regional Emmy® Award

About two months after Japan attacked American naval base at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed executive order 9066. Kay Sakai Nakao and Shokichi Tokita families were among the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly taken from their homes and sent to internment camps in the United States.

Amid the bustle of Seattle's big-city, fast-moving, grab-and-go coffee culture, a slower, centuries-old tradition quietly thrives behind the doors of a handful of Ethiopian restaurants in the city.

Interview with with American Experience executive producer, Mark Samels, director/co-producer Margaret Grossi, and co-producer Mary Carillo about their documentary The Boys of '36. The trio was in town for the premiere of the documentary in Seattle.

Playwright Yussef El Guindi writes stories of immigrant experience in the United States. “I pick Arab American or Muslim American characters... but they are essentially immigrant stories,” says El Guindi.

With the passing of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act opened America’s doors to immigrants from around the world. However, the new limits on Western Hemisphere may have led to a new problem.

Tacoma Art Museum exhibit features works by contemporary African-American artists

Rubaiyat Hossain is a writer and director and one of a handful of female filmmakers from Bangladesh. Her second feature film, Under Construction, had its world premiere at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival.

Winner of 2016 Northwest Regional Emmy® Award

Whether for relaxation or rehabilitation, music therapy helps cancer patients cope and fulfill physical and emotional needs.

Now in its 11th year, the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival features films from around the world as well as by Northwest filmmakers. From an 18th century epic tale to a black Western, sci-fi, animation, and environmental films, catch these and a lot more at the festival

A profile of a current exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum. Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave recreates exquisite, life-size historical costumes and fabrics entirely out of paper.

NOMINATED for 2015 Northwest Regional Emmy® Award

Humaira Abid is a sculptor and painter. Based in the Seattle area. Her work is a reflection of her experiences in both America and Lahore, Pakistan, where she grew up.

Writer and comedian John Keister hosts a conversation with Dan Thornton, Nesib C.B. Shamah, and Sarah Crowe, the filmmakers of Reel NW feature, Welcome to Doe Bay.

Local musicians know they're on the road to success when they get asked to play Bumbershoot. Follow up-and-coming hip-hop artist Dave B as he gets his first shot at "The Shoot" and speaks with the Bumbershoot Creative Core high-school film students.

SIFF 2013 kicks off with Much Ado About Nothing by sci-fi/action director Joss Whedon. The PIE crew talks to Joss and actors Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker, local filmmaker Lynn Shelton, and more!

Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton catches up with Enrique Cerna before her new film, Touchy Feely, premieres in her hometown. Lynn talks about filmmaking in Seattle, premiering at Sundance, and the opportunities for women filmmakers in the indie film scene vs in Hollywood.