Christina Raia is a filmmaker currently residing in Queens. She has made several short films including Do-Over, Come Here Often, and S.K.A. She is currently in pre-production on her first feature: a Kickstarter funded project called Summit. More info about Christina can be found on her website http://www.ChristinaRaia.com. For more about her upcoming feature (and how to help support the production) you can go to http://www.SummitTheMovie.com. For more about I Was There visit http://iwastheremedia.org For more New York Filmmakers Interviews Visit http://NYFilm.Tumblr.com

I first connected with Sean Mannion during the Summit Kickstarter; he was raising funds for his own film, a short experimental horror titled “Abel and Cain”.

He recently began a webseries called New York Filmmakers and invited me to be a guest. It was a lot of fun and I’m really happy with the final product. He interviewed me for an hour and asked over 35 questions, so there’s a chance some of my other answers may pop up in future compilation episodes. But regardless, be sure to check out the site every week to get to know a new filmmaker! We at CongestedCat definitely will; it’s always nice to see what our peers are working on out there, especially in our home-base of New York City.