Krista Hamlen Imbesi, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Film, Video and Digital Media Production
Meet the faculty:
Krista Hamlen Imbesi, M.F.A.
- Filming documentary called “Our Feet Are Rooted”
- “Where We Belong” documentary won the Jury Prize at 2014 DIY Film Festival in Los Angeles
Professor Imbesi has a current ongoing project in collaboration with her husband, Christian, also a filmmaker. “Our Feet Are Rooted” is a documentary about the non-profit Solidarity Uganda and the community in Amuru District, Uganda. The films focuses on how Solidarity Uganda works with Ugandan citizens to use non-violent protests and respond to the injustice of Uganda's government. The film is in post-production and should be finished by next summer. Imbesi's other documentary, “Where We Belong,” also about Uganda, explores the relationships between Western and Ugandan workers, adoption, and the lives of orphans in Uganda.
- M.F.A. in Media Arts
University at Buffalo - B.A. in Communication (Film Concentration)
Messiah College (Studio Art minor)
- COMM 203- Basic Video and Editing Techniques
- COMM 320- Film and HD Production II
- COMM 380- Advanced Topics: Lighting
- IDNW 200- Global Indigenous Media
- COMM 420 Jr/Sr Film Practicum
- Research Interests include ethnographic media, gender analysis in film, social justice documentary, and collaborative filmmaking processes.
- Her documentaries “Where We Belong” and “Our Feet Are Rooted,” both filmed in Uganda, were accepted to numerous festivals worldwide and have won several prestigious awards.
- Hobbies: travel, playing with her two daughters, kayaking and fishing
- Co-owns the production company Cap Collective Video Production with her husband Christian
- Her work mostly focuses on documentary projects, with her recent film topics ranging from land theft and non-violent activism in Northern Uganda, Western influences on orphan related non-profits in Uganda, the current state of sex trafficking in Pennsylvania, and an exploration of how the protestant church views and responds to emotional abuse in relationships.