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Sing Sing Costume Designer Desira Pesta
Manage episode 445322311 series 2982409
Desire Pesta joins us on todays episode to talk about her work on A24's new film: "Sing Sing" starring Colman Domingo.
Desira Pesta is a Costume Designer & foremost a storyteller. A cinephile with a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University & Masters in Costume Design from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Desira is the offspring of hippie bikers & grew up in rural Pennsylvania driving tractors and a backhoe. She fled rural life for Brooklyn & for ten years, she ran her own ethically-produced fashion line. Desira accidentally entered the entertainment industry by way of body doubling and stunt work on such productions as Boardwalk Empire + Birdman. Desira's recent design work has screened at several International film festivals including TIFF, Berlinale, SXSW, and San Sebastián. Desira is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local USA 829. In Sing Sing, Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art
118 episoder
Manage episode 445322311 series 2982409
Desire Pesta joins us on todays episode to talk about her work on A24's new film: "Sing Sing" starring Colman Domingo.
Desira Pesta is a Costume Designer & foremost a storyteller. A cinephile with a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University & Masters in Costume Design from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Desira is the offspring of hippie bikers & grew up in rural Pennsylvania driving tractors and a backhoe. She fled rural life for Brooklyn & for ten years, she ran her own ethically-produced fashion line. Desira accidentally entered the entertainment industry by way of body doubling and stunt work on such productions as Boardwalk Empire + Birdman. Desira's recent design work has screened at several International film festivals including TIFF, Berlinale, SXSW, and San Sebastián. Desira is a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local USA 829. In Sing Sing, Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art
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