I'm a documentary filmmaker based in New York City, working across places and communities.

I produce, direct, film, and edit stories that explore the intimate dialogue between land and the people who live with it. Through the lens, I study how human endurance moves with ecological time and how care is carried through daily rituals. Moving between documentary and photography, my practice seeks a visual language grounded in an anthropological way of seeing, where attention becomes empathy and presence becomes a form of advocacy.

My work blends small-team collaboration with long periods of immersion. I often live alongside families and communities from the Tibetan Plateau to immigrant neighborhoods in Brooklyn, where the rhythms of everyday life reveal how belonging, memory, religion, and place are shaped in ways both fragile and resilient.

I graduated from New York University’s Master of Arts program in News and Documentary in 2024, where I completed my thesis film, My Lens, My Land, now screening globally.

With a background in business, economics, and global study through the Semester at Sea program, I am also interested in how visual storytelling impacts beyond the lens.

Contact 🤓

kechendoc@gmail.com