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The Berrigans: Devout And Dangerous Feature Film, Audience FEEDBACK from May 2021 DOCUMENTARY Film Festival WINNER Best FEATURE FILM THE BERRIGANS: DEVOUT AND DANGEROUS, 80min., USA, DocumentaryDirected by Susan Hagedorn Devout and Dangerous is the story of an American family … Continue reading →

Lauren Rothman is a filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. She enjoys writing, directing, cinematography, and doing anything in the art department. She has directed several documentaries on a variety of subjects including the Cuban embargo and mental health systems on … Continue reading →

Following the deaths of several USC students, a film student befriends the editor of the school newspaper in order to investigate potential underlying causes of these tragedies and the impact they had on the rest of the university. Project Links … Continue reading →

Born in Ecuador, and raised in the Middle East, Andy moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2001 to pursue film and graduated from Capilano University Cinematography program in 2004. He began his career in film working on several big-budget projects and … Continue reading →

Color only exists in the presence of light, so all things are essentially black. But really, what is black? A short, elegant and experimental exploration of the value and meaning of BLACK. Project Links  Facebook  Instagram

Alexxa Walker is a Montreal-bred photographer, videographer and designer currently based in Ghana. Over the last four years, she has been committed to empowering, elevating and celebrating the voices and stories of underrepresented communities, with an emphasis on women of … Continue reading →

Phenomxnal Womxn is a short documentary film that takes an intimate look into the lives of womxn in Ghana. The film shares the stories of remarkable womxn whom are often neglected from media, representation and history as a whole by … Continue reading →

Shara Lili is a Hungarian-American producer based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area (www.sharalili.com). Having grown up bi-culturally between Hungary and the United States, she’s fascinated by how our experience of life is shaped by the particular lenses, languages, and … Continue reading →

Salvadoran midwives, who delivered babies even during the Civil War, now fight to protect their ancestral role in the face of government repression. As people in El Salvador lose their right to give birth at home, dehumanizing hospital experiences become … Continue reading →

Vee Rodriguez, also known by his stage name Vee The Vision, is a Dominican-American writer, musician and filmmaker from Washington Heights, New York City. From an early age, Vee was astonished by the visual aesthetics found in film, as well … Continue reading →