Film & Impact

In today’s episode we talk about the challenges of producing impact film in East Africa, pushing against boundaries to get stories told and the process of becoming a member of the Academy for Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences - Documentary Branch class of 2020.

In this episode, Zephrine meets with Grenadian-American filmmaker and entrepreneur Meschida Philip to talk about about Scars of our Mothers’ Dreams, her touching short film that tells the stories of now-grown children “left behind” by migrating mothers, accepting her calling and the birth of the 1261 Film Festival in Grenada.

In today’s episode, we talk about Scars of our Mothers’ Dreams, her touching short film that tells the stories of now-grown children “left behind” by migrating mothers, accepting her calling and the birth of the 1261 Film Festival in Grenada.

In this episode, Zephrine sits with Jasmin Mara López to talk about Silent Beauty, her poetically beautiful autobiographical exploration of her family's history with child sexual abuse and a culture of silence. In today’s episode we talk about revisiting the past through archives, telling an intimate story and finding strength in isolation.

In this episode of Film & Impact, Zephrine meets up with Michèle Stephenson, a badass filmmaker, artist and author who pulls from her Panamanian and Haitian roots and international experience as a human rights attorney to tell compelling deeply personal stories in a variety of media that resonate beyond the margins.

In today’s episode, we talk about making American Promise, her 13-year, Emmy-nominated documentary, the ethical challenges of telling a documentary story, the key role of advocates when approaching gatekeepers for funding, and looking at the intersections between art and politics.

For the very first time on Film & Impact Zephrine has the pleasure of speaking with not one, but two filmmakers! She sits down with Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo, the makers of the award-winning film Mizuko to talk about co-directing their first film, using experimentation to bring stories to life and using animation in documentary to tell a very personal story. They share what it was like to get their first grant, being “scrappy filmmakers”, receiving recognition for their work for the first time, and having a surreal experience with the “voice of the NYC metro”!

In this episode, Zephrine sits down with Trinidadian filmmaker and festival organizer Carver Bacchus. In today’s episode, Carver talks about creating and running a successful film festival in Trinidad, changing mindsets and shifting towards a future of sustainability in the Caribbean. He shares his unforgettable experience of getting the Green Screen Film Festival off the ground, gives advice on what you definitely need to start a film festival, talks about the industry of cinema in the Caribbean, “doing more” and bringing more of “us” to the big screen.

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Adriana is a Mexican-Brazilian filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on non-fiction cinema, experimental and hybrid narratives, addressing themes like immigration, colonization, LGBTQ+ rights, latino communities and faith.

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Sam Soko is a director and producer based in Nairobi Kenya. His work on sociopolitical projects in music and film has allowed him to connect and work with artists around the world. He is co-founder of LBx Africa, a Kenyan production company that produced the 2018 Academy Award–nominated short fiction film Watu Wote.

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Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz is an award-winning, Iranian-American documentary filmmaker and educator with interests in diasporic identity, feminism, co-creative practices, and the interchange of form and content in documentary engagements. Her work aims to articulate documentary complicity in oppressive regimes while optimizing documentary power to undermine those regimes.

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Monica Wise Robles (Director/Producer/DP) is a Colombian-American documentary filmmaker and video journalist based in Mexico City. Her work focuses on intimate stories of resistance across borders to highlight feminist, LGBTQ, migrant, and indigenous narratives. Monica’s work can be seen in the Guardian, the Intercept, the Atlantic, Washington Post, AJ+, PBS and the BBC, among other outlets.

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