kai nealis is a filmmaker & drummer
films & videos
photographs
Grazing - La Isla del Sol, Bolivia
Jean-Claude Van Damme on the T.V. - Santa Rita, El Torno, Bolivia
Sammus (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) - Ithaca, NY
Grazing - La Isla del Sol, Bolivia
abouts
I was born in 1996 in Chicago, IL
I live and work in Portland, OR
I grew up in Great Falls, Montana and Olympia, Washington. I graduated from Ithaca College in Upstate New York with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Cinema and Photography Production and Latin American Studies.
My film work ranges from the documentary study of site-specific environmental concerns in Latin America to narrative inquiries into social realist issues in contemporary domestic American life. The direction of my research continues to be influenced by the Latine community as well as immigrant youth case management for The Office of Refugee Resettlement and providing resources and services to help people move out of poverty.
Focusing on issues of land use, multiculturalism, and globalization, my films have been exhibited most notably at Brooklyn Film Festival, The Ivy Film Festival and Hobnobben Film Festival. My video art has been featured in the Ladder exhibition, a pop-up gallery in Upstate New York, in Feast Your Eyes at Root Division in San Francisco, and at MEGALITH // Beacon Sound in Portland, OR.
I have also written and played music in the indie rock projects Fir, Cameraperson, Pale Violet, and Unseen Object.
