Yancy

The work

Short documentary · In production · Release March 2027

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[Dark room. Yancy Medeiros, in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-shirt, looks into the camera.]

Yancy: "Martial arts is my longest relationship."

[Old footage of a children's martial arts class.]

Yancy: "Toughness that came at a young age, man."

[Yancy, seen from behind, stands before a museum display of Polynesian voyaging canoes.]

Yancy: "Toughness is all you got."

[He stands between rusted fences at the edge of the ocean.]

Yancy: "You're usually alone, though."

[In dim light, Yancy holds his young daughter.]

Yancy: "You can't put time into the past."

Yancy: "Put it now. Put it in here now."

[Music. He sits alone on a grassy point facing the ocean, shadowboxes on the grass by the shore, then sits on a rock beside a stone pillar under storm clouds. Night falls on a backyard interview lit by a softbox. By candlelight, Yancy and his daughter sit over a birthday cake with family.]

[Title: YANCY]

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Yancy

A man who built his identity on being strong for others must decide who he is when the fighting stops.

Directed, produced, shot, interviewed, and edited by Riza Khan. Featuring Yancy Medeiros.

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The audience

views: 9,209; views
accounts reached: 6,479; accounts reached
likes: 441; likes
shares: 40; shares
engagement: 8.4%; engagement

Instagram Insights, Oct 2026. Collaboration post with @yancymedeiros, crossposted to Facebook. Engagement = likes, comments, reposts, shares, and saves ÷ accounts reached.