Last night’s premiere of The Accidental Getaway Driver 🥂 The evening was stunning… The film, the cast, the guests, the response was electric… And the director, @singjlee I’m just so proud of you. This is only the beginning…
Utmost gratitude to Barbara Broccoli, Colleen Camp, Jennifer J Pritzker, Luisa Law, Kimberly Steward & Robert Schwartzman for their support of this special film.
In Select Theatres February 28th
Expanding Nationwide March 7th
@utopiamovies@theacademy
Been away, traveling and thinking and building. I feel alive againnnnn. To the generous moments & people & places from the last few months, and to my most generous Creator, I’m grateful x
I’m so honored to share Storyhouse was entrusted with curating the United Nations’ 80th Anniversary Commemoration and creating the official UN80 film, A Living Legacy.
The film, narrated by @stephanieatalaofficial , co-directed by @singjlee and myself, was born in collaboration with global creatives, musicians and storytellers from Hong Kong, Egypt, Rwanda, Lebanon, Iceland, Bulgaria, and the United States. In the room, our sis @tiwasavage blessed the stage. Thank you to our incredible team & friends who made everything happen in record time.
Eighty years of the UN is eighty years of the human story. The record has not been perfect but the UN has stood as a mirror of our shared effort to live with one another and take care of this planet we call home.
To see our work in the General Assembly Hall, directly after the Secretary-General’s address, felt both surreal … and somehow inevitable. This is Storyhouse.
Thank you Deputy Secretary-General @aminajmohammed for the invitation, trust & guidance ❤️
#un80 #unga #unitednations @storyhouse.world
THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER premiers in theatres Feb 28
Critically Acclaimed Debut Film by Sing J Lee, Sundance Director Award Winner.
“An exceptionally promising debut” @indiewire
“A bold and graceful crime movie” @rogerebertofficial
“One of those rare, where-did-this-come-from films” @deadline
“Feels plucked out of the Hong Kong cinema of the 80s” @collider
And huge congratulations to the entire cast and crew who worked so hard to bring this vision to life. Watching from afar, I’m just so proud of this family. Today let’s celebrate 🥂
#utopia #independentfilm
Thank you @fatma_h_alremaihi and @dohafilm for bringing us altogether and, more than anything, for your bold vision at this year’s festival. Honored for the invitation to share the stage.
Today is my birthday!
Here I am, waking up to so many messages of love from all over the world!! Man, birthdays will always make me feel like a little girl again 🥳😂 thank you so much for making feel so special 💐🥹💕
And as much as I am celebrating, I am also contemplating.
Yes… A long thought stream ahead.
Indulge me! It is my birthday after all :)
When I was 13, we lived in the Holy Land, where I attended school during the second intifada, witnessing & experiencing the pain that comes from decades of untruths. Yet, I still have colorful memories of that time. My first time getting lost in the alleyways of Jerusalem. Trying my first cigarette behind the school gate! My first kiss.
A few years later, after the Israeli Occupation withdrew from Southern Lebanon, we moved to Beirut. It was high school and like teens anywhere, we pushed boundaries to find ourselves. I remember my first concert (Placebo in Byblos!). Sneaking out on school nights (not a first, sorry mom!). My first heartbreak.
Some of the most resilient people on this earth embraced me as one of their own. Today, decades later, like clockwork, I’m reminded of their preciousness.
The older I get, the more I realize identity is simply a string of ‘firsts’. It’s our oldest ‘thought’. The one we continuously revisit & reframe.
Our longest, messiest conversation. A conversation brought into sharper focus in recent years, months and days.
My wish today is that you remember some of your ‘firsts’ and be certain there is a kid, somewhere, simply existing, also experiencing theirs. Don’t let the world convince you otherwise.
Much love,
Sx 🍉
Thank you Harvard Women In Business for inviting me to speak on campus this weekend. Despite not having a college degree myself, I was honored to share my journey, achievements & challenges with hundreds of some of the world’s bright young minds.
We talked about the state of the entertainment industry, censorship, women’s roles & power within it all; we talked about that time I pretended to be a white guy named Keith Morris to secure my earliest business deals (they call that a case study at Harvard 😉) and my latest brainchild @storyhouse.world galvanizing the voice of global artists & culture-makers.
In typical fashion, I didn’t take any pictures of myself this weekend. So here I’m sharing some of the amazing young women I met, part of the next generation of strong smart and enlightened leaders. I’m so inspired by every single one of them. The last photo is of me around their age x
