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Karina Gonzalez, Juan C. Dávila, Daniel Goldhaber, Jordan Sjol & Daniel Garber

04.21.2023 - By Katie HalperPlay

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Katie interviews Daniel Goldhaber, Jordan Sjol & Daniel Garber the director, writer & editor of the film HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE. But first she talks to Karina Gonzalez & Juan C. Dávila about Puerto Rico, climate change & capitalism.

Karina N. González is a bilingual speech-language pathologist at an elementary school in Brooklyn, NY & author of the Pura Belpré honor picture book THE COQUÍES STILL SING / LOS COQUÍES AÚN CANTAN (Roaring Brook Press, 2022), a powerful story about home, community & hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Her forthcoming picture book is CHURRO STAND / EL CARRITO DE CHURROS (Cameron Kids, 2024).

Juan C. Dávila is a documentary filmmaker, news producer, & activist. His work focuses on climate justice, social movements & colonialism. He is the director of the feature-length documentary film, "Simulacros de Liberación" (2021), which was released in movie theaters around Puerto Rico. He directed two mid-length documentary films: "Compañeros de lucha" (2012) & "Vieques: una batalla inconclusa" (2016). His filmography also includes the award-winning short film, "La generación del estanbai" (2016), "Aftershocks of Disaster" (2020), "Networked Education" (2020), "Rayito de sol" (2021), & a TV pilot for the documentary series "The Response" (2019).

Dávila is a former senior producer at "When We Fight, We Win! The Podcast!" & morning news producer for the newscast Democracy Now! where he continues to contribute.

Daniel Goldhaber is a director, writer & producer based in Los Angeles & New York. His new film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, premieres in the Platform Section of the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.

Jordan Sjol is a filmmaker & a cinema & media studies scholar. He was a story editor on the 2018 horror thriller CAM & was a writer & executive producer on How to Blow up a Pipeline, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022. He currently lives in Durham, NC, where he is finishing his PhD in Duke’s Program in Literature.

Daniel Garber is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY, with work spanning documentary, fiction & experimental practices. Primarily employed as an editor, he was nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors award for his editing on Sierra Pettengill & Pacho Velez’s feature documentary The Reagan Show, which premiered at Tribeca & Locarno in 2017.

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