Naima Ramos-Chapman

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Naima Ramos-Chapman

Naima Ramos-Chapman is an American director, writer, and actress. She directed two short films that deal with gender-based violence, And Nothing Happened in 2016, and Piu Piu in 2018.

Known For

Body CamBody Cam · 2020
Body Cam
★ 6.22020
MovieHorrorThriller
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
SteveSteve · 2019
Steve
★ 8.02019
MovieComedy
If grinding in the bustling streets of NYC isn't enough for a Broadway actress, an uninvited guest in her apartment might be just the thing to put her over the edge.
They Charge for the SunThey Charge for the Sun · 2016
They Charge for the Sun
2016
MovieScience FictionDrama
In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
Piu PiuPiu Piu · 2018
Piu Piu
2018
MovieDrama
A restless young woman yearns to escape the confines of romance in order to find her superpower.
Jimi Could Have Fallen from the SkyJimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky · 2017
Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky
★ 5.02017
MovieMusicFantasy
This short is the unauthorized, heavily abridged, biographical, visual and supersonic moment about the fact that Johnny Allen Hendrix (aka Jimi Hendrix) knew how to skydive. Set in Seattle where Jimi was born and raised, the film wonders aloud about what this skill meant for the life he went on to lead. Why did he retreat to the sky so quickly before all of us were ready for him to go?
And Nothing HappenedAnd Nothing Happened · 2016
And Nothing Happened
★ 3.82016
MovieDrama
A young woman dealing with the psychological aftermath of sexual violence shuffles between experiences both mundane and extraordinary as she attempts to leave her New York City apartment.
Ryann HolmesRyann Holmes · 2016
Ryann Holmes
2016
MovieDocumentary
A portrait of Ryann Holmes, community organizer and co-founder of bklyn boihood, un/doing and reframing masculinity.
In Place of MonumentsIn Place of Monuments · 2020
In Place of Monuments
2020
MovieDrama
With somatic knowledge, Naima Ramos-Chapman sculpts a kinetic monument on the same rooftop in the name of healing and freedom-- where they were arrested at gunpoint as a teen in 2005. Filmed during the pandemic and in the midst of the BLM movement, they intend to liberate their own body through the process of rupturing memory with collective recall and dreaming in response to the state violence and the only virus that has truly plagued their family for generations: white supremacy. May this be a balm.

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