We Are Clay (Duplicate to test)

Directed & Produced by: Elan Golod

Stage:
- Post Production
Location:
- New York, United States
Updated: January 29, 2026
Project Type:
- Short
Project Style:
- Archival ,
- Biographical
Theme Subject:
- Art and Artists,
- Gender,
- Immigration

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Logline

A sculptor’s legacy takes shape through the women who once posed for her — and still carry her touch.

Synopsis

The late sculptor Tanya Ragir built her practice around the female body — celebrated and scrutinized, powerful yet exposed. We Are Clay revisits her art through the women who knew her best: the models who lent not only their bodies but their presence, transforming the studio into a sacred space of trust. Through their recollections, the film traces the contours of Ragir’s life and legacy — a world where clay remembers touch, and every curve holds a story. As the

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Elan Golod

Director & Producer

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Elan Golod

Director & Producer

After transitioning from a background in visual arts to filmmaking, Elan made his mark in the New York film industry as an editor on a diverse array of projects and as a short-form documentary director. He was part of the editing team for Mike Birbiglia's film "Sleepwalk with Me" (Sundance, SXSW) and co-directed and edited the documentary short "Mike Birbiglia: How to Make Whatever This Is." While working on his feature documentary Nathan-ism, he co-edited Birbiglia's "Don't Think Twice" (SXSW, Tribeca) and Maya Zinshteins documentary Til Kingdom Come (DocAviv, IDFA).

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Sydney Linden

Director of Photography

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Sydney Linden

Director of Photography

Sydney Bowie Linden is a documentary director and cinematographer based in Southern California. She discovered her love of filmmaking as an undergraduate at University of California, Los Angeles, where she began crafting intimate, character-driven documentaries grounded in observational filmmaking. Her work has been featured on The New Yorker Documentary Series and has received selection from festivals across the United States, including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Heartland International Film Festival, Slamdance Cinema Club, Mountainfilm Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, Sun Valley Film Festival, and Newport Beach Film Festival. In June of 2021, Sydney received her M.F.A. in Documentary Film from Stanford University. She is currently directing and shooting a new feature length documentary executive produced by Chrissy Teigen with the Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning production company Film 45.

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