Splice is a cloud-based music creation platform and technology company that provides tools, sounds, and software for musicians, producers, and sound designers. For this project, Splice hired Forever Island to record and film six folkloric and indigenous rhythms of the Dominican Republic.



My role on this project was to direct the film and design the social equity model –  intersecting music, education, and decolonizing practices. As the Director, my mission was to film the community, environment, and ceremonies with a lens of respect and admiration, creating a visual language rooted in tradition, bringing the sonic story to life.




Another core part of this project was to develop a sustainable, conscious, and ethical model of how Splice sources music and pays the musicians for the samples. Working with each community, we interviewed the cultural leaders in the regions, to gather their challenges and desires, and co-designed a model that fit within Spice’s internal stakeholder goals while supporting the community in their efforts to sustain their cultural and financial needs.


*Short film is still in post-production*

FILM PRODUCTION 
Director JESSICA LAW Executive  Creative Director JARINA DEMARCO Head of Production ALEX KRISPIN Director of Photography MICHAEL CAMBIO FERNANDEZ  Editor JEFF WATTERSON Editor - Brand MATTHEW HOLLIS Post Production Supervisor JESSICA LAW