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Sade Ndya

2 years

Everything I do is for Black Women. Sade Ndya, Cinematographer based in LA. 📍: The Gersh Agency 💌: sade.ndya.young @gmail .com 🔗:

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men be like:

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Sorry I missed your email. My people are being slaughtered and wrongfully incarcerated on the streets, while we’re amidst a global pandemic and there’s a revolution going on that I can’t miss out on. Best,

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before you email me,

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I deserve wholesome, healthy, & communicative love in this next chapter of my life

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damn this is goals asf to have a boo buy you a mini LF

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3 years

how we got a delta virus and music festivals running in the same sentence

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Y’all have no clue how much time and work goes towards turning an idea into reality. Be easy on creators.

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IM WHEEIZNNFNDNNFNF

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4 years

Stop being stingey about sharing your skills and resources 2020....you can really change someone’s life by sharing the knowledge

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4 years

fake woke photographer twitter needs to stop distributing their images of the protestors faces on the TL, their lives are now at stake and you’re pandering for likes/retweets... jesus christ

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2 years

found my dream bookshelf for $300 on fb marketplace

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4 years

Y’all ever lowkey miss those Tumblr days though

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this really is every photographers love language 🥺❤️

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If I was working for Beyonce I’d delete all social media and go off the grid

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lmao this is unfortunate 💀

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5 years

40 art students are currently homeless while enrolled in the institution at Art Center College of Design. Due to a lack of response and immediate action from the school, we have decided to take up space and protest our current conditions. Please RT and share. We need support.

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5 years

The Kitchen Table Series by Carrie Mae Weems

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6 years

amy winehouse was truly the queen of hating men but still falling in love with them senselessly, i relate

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1 year

the people deserve to see “They Cloned Tyrone” in theaters on the big screen

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3 years

the cam ops on abbott elementary deserve their flowers because all of the comedic timing of the camera movement be funny as hell

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Digital cover of king @lilnasx for @EW ’s PRIDE issue 👑 cinematography by Sade Ndya

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HBOMAX is in their bag with their original content

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that’s what black DPs are here for 👋🏾

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Begging directors to learn how to light black skin. Absolutely begging.

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2 years

shooting on film ain’t gonna save some of y’all’s lack of ideas

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4 years

A few years ago a film professor told me that I’d never get work shooting explicitly “black art”. Now I’m signed at 21 by my dream agency for making said “black art” and sticking to what I believe in.

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the setup vs the shot

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4 years

INVEST IN YOUR FRIENDS. If one of us comes up, we all come up together. Creative Ecosystems 2020

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3 years

you can still be in your bag and be depressed but y’all ain’t ready for that conversation

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2 months

we got food at home! jerk shrimp caesar salad w/ plantain croutons 😍

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4 years

men will traumatize you and then make a movie about it, that’s crazy to me

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3 years

the world deserves more black centered romantic comedies.

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3 years

How Insecure changed my life: from cold tweeting @IssaRae 2019, being invited to shadow the Insecure set to shooting a show for @IssaRaePresents with billboards up in times square. This woman has changed lives in so many ways unseen. Forever grateful to be apart of this legacy.

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4 years ago I was broke as hell. Hustling in LA, barely able to afford my own groceries and shooting out of my apartment...now I’m signed by my dream agency and shooting for some of the biggest brands and clients in the world. Like what 🤯

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4 years

wypipo hire black women for clout and then doubt our talent every step of the way but it’s okay because “we should be grateful for the opportunity”....chile

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A MOOD:

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We need more thick black women as THE LEAD CHARACTER...not as a supporting role or an extra. What’s not clicking?

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4 years

my happy place

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5 years

are there any black women in LA interested in being in the cinematography world? i’m trynna teach some folks everything i know and have them be my go to AC, GAFFER, GRIP when i go on projects

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those directors who be preaching about diversity but then pull up with a crew like this

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*unhealthy communication

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People wanna work with black women until they realize that they have to respect black women...

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👋🏾 Hello my name is Sade, I’m a black freelance Cinematographer based in LA that specializes in capturing the black experience. Hire me for all of your music video, commercial and/or narrative needs. It’d be an honor to tell your story. work inquiries 💌sade.ndya.young @gmail .com

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3 years

adulthood is having to pull the “we got food at home” lecture on yourself

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How it started vs How it’s going

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making art with the person you’re in love with is the best feeling in the world

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I HATE HOW ACCURATE THIS IS

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photographing black men with flowers and pink durags on doesn’t solve our problems with masculinity in the black community

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@BrandonsFilms

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sco pa tu manaa

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4 years

tired of white men acting shocked when they find out I’m the DP on set

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Bruh if they’re even shit talking the white people then there’s really no hope for us

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psa if youre a shit talking director make sure to mute ur shit on zoom mtgings

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YA GIRL ON THE COVER Y’ALL NO IM NOT CRYING

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Black women therapist characters in film/tv are just a modern day Mammy stereotype. In this essay, I will…

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3 years

big camera energy >>>

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5 years

a beautiful thread of must-see black independent films that have pushed the boundaries of storytelling about us, by people like us:

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Mati Diop’s Atlantics is a Senegalese ghost story about love. It’s available on Netflix.

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3 years

Obviously just a meme but I’d love to turn this educational; There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. Videography traditionally utilizes naturally lit scenarios due to tight shooting scenarios. Cinematography requires more time/intent behind lighting, framing, camera, etc

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how it started vs how it’s going

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the future of film is in the hands of black women

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2 years

I will get to posting stills later but ya girl shot the Black Panther promos that just came out and are about to be seen everywhere. I’m so honored to be apart of this legacy. 🥺❤️

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I’m always studying light, even when I’m out and about

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4 years

Never thought I would be shooting a Microsoft commercial at 20. Grateful for the support as I make my way into a career that never expected to see someone that looks like me at the table. I’m that person showing up to the dinner uninvited AND bringing all of my friends with me.

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i’m already obsessed

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ya girl booked her first union job as a DP 🥺

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5 years

We may be a low budget indie, but that ain’t gonna stop us from getting our double dolly shot. My favorite part about filmmaking is the finesse

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3 years

silk sonic gotta stop playing us and drop the album

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“Soñadora” - A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her fabric factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance. Director @StacyGaspard Cinematography by @sadendya 👋🏾 Premiering at @Tribeca Film Festival! ✨

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Hi @IssaRae 👋🏾 What you’re doing for black women in the industry is so beautiful, thank you for getting our stories told. My name is Sade and I’m a Cinematographer based in LA, it’d be a dream to work for you in some capacity. Here’s some of my work:

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MOOD

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made one

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A big part of my Cinematography process is creating decks that go into visual references/notes for lighting, framing, camera, etc. This helps me ground my creative and technical in story and intentionality. Here’s a few excerpts of the deck I created for Soñadora:

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2 years

ya girl got invited to speak at Howard University about filmmaking wow 🥺

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me watching y’all’s fleets for the first time ever

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i just edited a whole ass end of the year recap and then was like “nvm nobody need to know my business like that”

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10 months

pay more attention to the folks who are rooting for you

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i haven’t posted selfies in soooo long bc of dumb insecurities but today i decided to stunt on em hello

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sheesh

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new DP headshots, who dis!? 📸 @bymayaiman

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MIDSOMMAR...but make it black 🌿

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Stop only hiring black people as PAs on film sets 2020

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3 years

Ya girl in front of the camera for a change?? A netflix doc at that?? Talking about what I love?? Life is wild. Gratitude.

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mf is that the hereditary treehouse

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LET’S START A BLACK FILMMAKER THREAD! DROP YOUR WORK BELOW👇🏾 We refuse to let the entertainment industry erase our voices. Do better and hire US to tell OUR own stories.

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the way we need more black producers in the film industry....

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RT to help a weird broke black art student get hired and continue to carry out her creative endeavors on a larger scale ✨

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STOP I LOVE YOU @Kehlani

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@strawbe10764842 not them soft launching a black character

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🔗 THREAD OF BLACK & BROWN CINEMATOGRAPHERS TO FOLLOW AND SUPPORT: > DPs: drop your work, website and location below > Folks: share and RT! We have the power to push the culture forward.

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Why do production company’s act like it’s hard to find black talent? WE’RE EVERYWHERE.

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We deserve more black queer stories.

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Anyone that makes you feel bad for using social media as a tool for work is problematic. Social media is one of the biggest tools that creatives of color can accessibly use to be seen in ways that they could never get otherwise due to institutionalized racism and gatekeeping.

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Ya girl is really 21 years old DPing a new series about black women created by black women for Nike....life made byeeeee

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Give black filmmakers the proper resources and watch us shine.

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i dropped out of film school because of racist institutional practices and no one thought i was going to be working…fast forward i’m shooting a major commercial 3 blocks down that same street i used to go to school at. life is so ironic

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5 years

when going to the beach isn’t within your budget, we still finesse @redfutonstudio

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the camera culture in Tokyo was everything > history of film cameras/stocks at Fujifilm Square > antiques at random thrifts > underground used camera shops w/ crates on crates > came up on a $800+ mint condition fujica for $27??? bout to use for some experimental video

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the setup vs the shot

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