Sunstroke Magazine and HBO Max partnered with AAPI Women Lead, hosting a dynamic conversation — moderated by SuChin Pak — between Genera+ion’s Lukita Maxwell and photographers Cindy Trinh, Hannah Yoon, Simrah Farrukh and Lagi Atoe to discuss the intersections of their identity, activism and craft.
Vol. 4 Launch Video
Starring Dominique Noelle, Space Oddity’s launch video imagines how we go forward — individually and as a community — following the pandemic by embracing solitude and reimagining our future.
Directors
Birdy Francis
Anj Lark
Director of Photography
Casey Segal
Writers
Birdy Francis
Anj Lark
Alex Ramos
Music
Seth Brown
Vol. 3 Launch Video
Sunstroke Magazine released the Passionfruit launch video for the issue’s announcement in 2020. The video follows nine creatives of youth and their very own little passionfruit party, getting everyone ready for the real release one month later. Passionfruit represents passion, authenticity and sensuality in this short sequence.
Director
Birdy Francis
Cinematographer
Casey Segal
Director of Photography + Producer
Anj Lark
Music
Ritt Momney
Vol. 2 Launch Video
Here lies the memory of Sunstroke’s Purple Haze release video, created in honor of our second issue hitting the shops. This short music video follows a young girl’s reflection of her high school memories and lovers. This directly reflects what VOL. 2: Purple Haze represents: moving onto adulthood whilst reminiscing on hazy moments of love and spontaneity. The music featured is by Ritt Momney, a band Sunstroke has worked with, and admired, since day one.
Directors
Birdy Francis
Anna Grayson
Cinematographer
Sam Resetarits
Music
Ritt Momney
The Love Club: A Digital Series
The Love Club is a small Valentine’s gift from all of us here at Sunstroke. It’s about youth, love and childhood. We wanted to meet between the digital webzine we have rolling, and the print issues we traditionally make. We wanted to push the boundaries of media and try something new— no cost, no advertisements.
Calligraphy by Alex Ramos and Chloe Bruderer.