Kamalei Doswell

“Eye opening, psychological torture” is how director Alejandra Paz would describe her sophomore short film _Niveles. _It was in 2023 when Paz, a Cinema Studies major and graduate of the University’s Class of 2023, was inspired to make this film. She was struck with inspiration while filming _Los Ojos, _her first short film, in Knight Library. While carrying equipment in the library’s golden elevator, she remarked on how cool of a location this would be to make a short film, associating the gold of the elevator with money, and how the elevator could represent different social class and working class levels.