Melissa Tinambacan

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Provo, Utah US

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About

Melissa Tinambacan is a documentary filmmaker and freelance photographer based in Utah interested in analog processes. She is a recent graduate of Brigham Young University's Media Arts Studies BA program. As a filmmaker, Melissa is passionate about empathetic and aesthetic storytelling.

Featured Work

Muslim Among Mormons

At Brigham Young University, 98% of the students are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Among them is a small but strong community of Muslims. In this short documentary, several of these students share what it's like to be a religious minority.

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Votes for Verona

Verona Sagato-Mauga, a first-generation American business owner in Salt Lake County, Utah, campaigns to become the first Samoan to win a state legislative seat in the continental United States.

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Women's Work

Women’s Work is an observational short documentary following midwives and mothers in Utah Valley as they work together to have successful and comfortable birthing experiences. In an age when hospital births are the norm, many mothers have turned to midwifery as the solution to finding empowerment and autonomy during birth.

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