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PAST JURORS

OPAL H. BENNETT DOCUMENTARY JUROR

After several years in legal practice, Opal now programs full-time for several film festivals. She curates shorts at Aspen ShortsFest, the Nantucket Film Festival and DOC NYC, and is a Programmer with Athena Film Festival and an Assistant Programmer with Tribeca Film Festival. Opal is also a Programming Consultant for the March on Washington Film Festival. Opal has served on juries for SxSW, NewFest, Leuven ShortsFest, Cleveland Internation and Seattle International Film Festivals. She has also served on advisory and grant panels.

LEAH SAPIN

Leah Sapin is the Senior Programmer & NY Festival Manager at Human Rights Watch Film Festival. She has worked in Film Festivals and independent film production as programmer, producer, outreach and grantmaking consultant for 15 years with organizations such as Tribeca FF, POV, Brooklyn FF, Chicken & Egg Pictures and Rooftop Films.

YVONNE KOUADJO DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo is the Associate Producer for POV Spark, the innovation arm of the iconic independent nonfiction film program POV (PBS). She's a part of a nimble team that produces digital/interactive original productions, including the first-ever Snapchat-native documentaries. Yvonne Ashley represents POV at festivals and conferences worldwide, including Dok Leipzig, IDA Getting Real and Sheffield Doc/Fest. Prior to joining POV, she interned at media organizations and served as a research assistant for the biography "Michelle Obama: A Life" by Peter Slevin. Yvonne holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

JOSÉ FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ DOCUMENTARY JUROR

José Fernando Rodriguez is the Director of Documentary Programs at Tribeca Film Institute, where he oversees the growth and funding for all of the documentary programs and leads documentary workshops in the US as well as throughout Latin America. A native of Puerto Rico, he grew up with a passion for movies that led him to New York City, where he became a script/book reader for a production company and worked on commercials, short films and features. He wrote and directed a fiction short (DEAD-END, screened in 2016), and is currently on the festival circuit with his documentary short Adolescencia (2017).

MICHAEL GIBBONS NARRATIVE JUROR

Michael is a multilingual professional with extensive nonprofit experience in marketing and communications for film and the arts. Before joining the national artist support organization Creative Capital in 2017, he previously worked for over six years at Film Society of Lincoln Center, where as Director of Digital Platforms he oversaw the online growth of the organization, the New York Film Festival, and the award-winning magazine, Film Comment. Before coming to New York in 2011, he worked for many years as a producer at several of Brazil's leading cultural institutions, including the São Paulo Biennial, Cinemateca Brasileira, and It's All True International Documentary Film Festival. Michael was also on the selection committee for the São Paulo International Short Film Festival and a juror for the Cinema Tropical Awards.

DAVID NINH NARRATIVE JUROR

David Ninh is the Director of Press and Publicity at Kino Lorber, Inc. managing the press outreach for the company's theatrical, home video, and streaming new releases. He was previously the Senior Communications Specialist at Kickstarter where he worked with filmmakers and creators during the initial funding stages of many successful film, arts and culture projects. In the past, he's worked on the publicity teams at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival and PMK*BNC. He also works as a crowdfunding consultant and leads press for NY-based production company Still Point Pictures on their LGBTQ projects. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

AMANDA TROKAN NARRATIVE JUROR

Amanda Trokan is Film Programming Manager at HBO where she evaluates narrative features and shorts for acquisition. Previously, she was Director of Content at Seed&Spark, heading up acquisitions and distribution. Amanda also has experience in film development, program strategy, writing, and festivals, from roles at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, HBO Original Programming, Tribeca Film Festival, and with independent producers. She has served on the Hamptons and Sarasota film festival screening committees and holds an MBA in Media & Entertainment.

ANITA RASWANT 2022 NARRATIVE JUROR

Anita has a background in managing events but she has always been interested in telling stories of minorities and having their voices heard through film and art. As a self-appointed mac and cheese connoisseur, she prides herself on her love for all things food, music, travel, and of course, movies. She has film-festival hopped for several years, with stints at Tribeca Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, DOC NYC, and more. Anita grew up in Rome, Italy but has been a loyal Queens resident after graduating with a B.A. in Sociology from St. John's University. From script to screen, she loves all aspects of filmmaking, including talking about herself in the third person.

MAYA ANAND DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Maya Anand is the VP of Publicity at Cohen Media Group, where she has overseen the release and awards campaigns for several high-profile international titles such as the Academy Award-nominated films Faces Places and The Insult. Anand joined CMG after several years at Sony Pictures Classics, where she served in a variety of capacities, including National Director of Advertising and Publicity. At SPC, she contributed to the campaigns of several Academy Award-winning films including Blue Jasmine, Whiplash, Still Alice, and Son of Saul. Before joining SPC, Anand worked extensively in production on feature films with producer Robert Greenhut (Annie Hall, Dog Day Afternoon). She holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University’s School of the Arts and a BA in English from Harvard University.

KELLY BROAD 2022 NARRATIVE JUROR

Kelly Broad is an award-winning independent film producer, and now Executive Producer at HARBOR in New York. Alongside a BAFTA, her films have screened at film festivals around the globe, including World Premieres at SXSW, Edinburgh, London and Tribeca. She is a member of The Black List and the British Academy of Film and Television.

TIM MOLLOY 2022 NARRATIVE JUROR

Tim Molloy is the editor-in-chief and co-owner of MovieMaker Magazine and Moviemaker.com with his wife, MovieMaker publisher Deirdre McCarrick. Tim also hosts the MovieMaker podcast and appears on the Low Key podcast. Through MovieMaker Production Services, Tim and Deirdre work with independent filmmakers to expand their budgets and complete their films. You can find him on Twitter @timamolloy.

AMBER FARES 2020 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Director, producer and cinematographer of the Sundance supported film, Speed Sisters (2015). Sundance Momentum Fellow (2019), Sundance Editing and Story Lab (2014), Sundance Fellow (2012). Speed Sisters won best documentary at the Adelaide FF and Vail FF. Amber was the co-producer and cinematographer on The Judge, which won a Peabody Award in 2019. She was also the supervising producer on an episode of America Inside Out with Katie Couric, for which her episode won a Frontpage award. She also worked as field director and cinematographer on the PBS documentary series, And She Could Be Next.

BRANDON HARRISON 2020/21 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Brandon Harrison is a producer, writer and programmer. He is a Feature Documentary Programmer at the Brooklyn Film Festival, served on the review committee for IFP and Tribeca's Pilot Season and has produced multimedia content for a variety of media outlets including Players’ Tribune, Vanity Fair and SLAM magazine. Brandon is a graduate of Morehouse College and received his M.A. in Cinema from UCLA. He loves a good story.

CAROLYN HEPBURN 2021 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Carolyn Hepburn is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer. She most recently produced Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground (Cannes Film Festival) and Nanfu Wang’s In The Same Breath (Sundance Film Festival). Hepburn executive produced Socks on Fire (2020 Tribeca Grand Jury Prize); Oscar-nominated The Mole Agent and produced Gotham and IDA Award winner A Thousand Cuts. She co-produced Life, Animated, nominated for the 2017 Academy Award. Other recent projects include: One Child Nation; Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn; Charm City; Ringside; Love, Gilda; Take Your Pills; Weiner; 3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets; Art and Craft and Showtime series Murder in the Bayou.

CHARLOTTE HORNSBY 2023 ISFF NARRATIVE JURY

Charlotte Hornsby is a cinematographer whose work has garnered attention at festivals such as SXSW, BAM Cinemafest, BFI London Film Festival, and the Sundance Film Festival where the short "Lucia Before and After" she shot for director Anu Valia and the short "Hair Wolf" she shot for director Mariama Diallo won The Short Film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction in 2017 and 2018. She filmed additional photography on Josephine Decker's Madeline's Madeline which was nominated for a 2019 Independent Spirit Award for Cinematography. American Cinematographer featured MASTER, the film she lenses for Amazon Studios, in their 2022 Sundance Standouts and the film also earned her recognition by BAFTA who named her a 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough.

CHARLOTTE HORNSBY 2023 ISFF NARRATIVE JUROR

COLIN WEST 2023 ISFF NARRATIVE JUROR

Colin West is an award-winning writer & director from the Midwest now based in LA & NYC. His feature film credits include LINOLEUM starring Jim Gaffigan & Rhea Seehorn (2022 SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee) and DOUBLE WALKER (2021) co-written by and starring Sylvie Mix. He was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Science in Cinema prize at SFFILM in 2022, and a New York Times critic’s pick in 2023. He also heads up the free film reference section, Public Film Archive, as well as his production company, Sub_Sequential.

ERICA HART 2023 ISFF NARRATIVE JUROR

ERICA A HART, CSA, was born and raised in Washington, DC (the actual 202...not 301 or 703.) She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied film and television. She has been casting for over a decade and has loved every minute of it. Some of her TV/Streaming credits include BLACK MIRROR (SEASON 6 US CASTING - NETFLIX), A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW (SEASON 4 - MAX), THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE (MAX), JODIE (PARAMOUNT+), BLACK DON'T CRACK (ABC), BUST DOWN (PEACOCK), and THE GIRLS ON THE BUS (MAX). Her Broadway credits include CHICKEN & BISCUITS, PASS OVER, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, and the upcoming production of JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING at MTC. Erica is an Artios award winner, on the Board for Casting Society (CSA), a member of the Television Academy, and an educator at institutions like Harvard University, Yale University's David Geffen School of Drama, and NYU's Grad Acting program.

HEIDI REINBERG

Heidi Reinberg's work spans the breadth of the nonfiction realm, from long-form docs for PBS, HBO and LOGO to directing reality television for HGTV to series development for branded-content powerhouse Cinelan.

She is currently producing ITVS doc 93QUEEN alongside Paula Eiselt, the film's director. Most recently, 93QUEEN was awarded the inaugural first look Pitch Prize at the 2017 Hot Docs Forum.

Prior to partnering with Eiselt, Reinberg worked with some of today’s most talented nonfiction directors. She developed the nonfiction series War Photographers/Exposure with Oscar winner Ross Kauffman for NBCUniversal, and produced Oscar winner Cynthia Wade’s first two films, Grist for the Mill and Shelter Dogs for Cinemax and HBO, respectively. She also served as consulting producer on Mai Iskander’s two feature docs, Garbage Dreams (Independent Lens) and Words of Witness (Al Jazeera America).

In addition to her work in the social-issue doc space, Reinberg has traveled the world directing numerous episodes of the cult favorite HGTV series House Hunters International.

QUENELL JONES 2023 ISFF DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Quenell Jones, SOC has photographed "Public Discourse" a film about the birth of Street Art that have screened internationally, ESPN, "Joe Frazier: When the Smoke Clears" an autobiographical documentary journey about the late boxing champion Joe Frazier. "My Brooklyn" a feature documentary examining the social impact of gentrification that was featured on PBS and "Hustler's Convention" a film that explores the origins of rap featured on Starz Network.

Quenell Jones is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600 and The Society of Camera Operators (SOC). Get Out, The First Purge, The Perfect Find, Young Rock S3.

ROBIN KAMPF DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Robin Kampf is an award-winning producer, director, editor and
filmmaker with an extensive history in television production, film and
video.
Robin founded her own video production company, RJK Media and
most recently produced/ directed and edited her second documentary
entitled “Love Wins” which won “Best Documentary Short” at the Red
Bank Indie Street Film Festival, the Garden State Film Festival, The
Ocean Grove Film Festival, the New Hope International Film Festival
and was a finalist in the International Black Maria Film Festival.
“Love Wins” was just picked as an “official selection” to be screened
at the Vail Film Festival and Teaneck International Film Festival.
Robin has numerous National awards for producing, including 4
Cable Ace Awards for excellence in producing and programming. In
1998, Robin was awarded “Producer of the Year”, by the New Jersey
Cable Television Association and the Cable Television Network of
New Jersey.

RUTH SOMALO 2022 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Ruth is a Spanish programmer, curator and filmmaker. She is a Senior Programmer at DOC NYC, programs for the Architecture and Design Film Festival since 2018 and for the Cuéntalo Festival in Spain. She also curates independent programs like “Holy Fluids” (UnionDocs), “Broken Senses” (Anthology Film Archives) and "The Limit Of Our Gaze" (KJCC). Ruth has programmed for International Festivals like DocumentaMadrid for several years, was the co-director of Impugning Impunity Human Rights Film Festival and serves as President of The Flaherty Board of Trustees. As a filmmaker her documentary and experimental work have been shown in theaters, festivals and museums internationally.

SAMAH ALI 2023 ISFF DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Samah Ali is a distributor and film programmer based in New York City. She is the Video Programming Manager at Stellar Entertainment, putting movies and television shows on airplanes around the world. She also programs for Academy Award qualifying festivals Seattle International Film Festival, DOC NYC, and Hot Docs Film Festival. After running her startup Sisterhood Media for five years, she now sits on the Board of Directors at The Black Screen Office in Canada. You can interact with her on Twitter @sistersamah.

SAMARA CHADWICK 2020 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Samara is a documentary filmmaker, independent curator, and scholar. She has a PhD in Cultural Studies and has programmed films and conferences for the (Occupied) Berlin Biennale, HotDocs, the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), the Goethe-Institute, and the Points North Institute/Camden International Film Festival (CIFF). Her debut feature, 1999, premiered in 2018 at Visions du réel, and has since played festivals worldwide including HotDocs, DokuFest Kosovo, BAFICI Buenos Aires, and the Museum of the Moving Image.

SAM PLAKUN 2023 ISFF DOCUMENTARY JUROR

With over a decade of experience in the documentary film space, Sam Plakun focuses her work on public programming, film festivals, marketing and outreach. Sam served as the Program Manager at The DC Environmental Film Festival for seven years, aiding in all aspects of the programming process and serving as the main point of contact for the Festival’s filmmakers, partners and special guests. Sam began her career in New York City as an Associate Producer for social-issue documentaries, working on such films as Young Lakota, Care, and Bill Nye: Science Guy.

ZESHAWN ALI 2021 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Zeshawn Ali is a documentary filmmaker and director originally from Ohio and is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His debut feature film, TWO GODS was selected in festivals across the US and recently named a New York Times Critic pick and premiered nationally on PBS on "Independent Lens". He is a member of Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and Meerkat Media. He is currently based in New York.

ANITA RASWANT 2020 NARRATIVE JUROR

Anita is currently the Short Film Programmer and Program Manager for the Nantucket Film Festival. She is passionate about giving a voice to those who are underrepresented on and off the screen. She has film-festival hopped for several years, with stints at Tribeca Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Queens World Film Festival, NewFest, DOC NYC, Philadelphia Film Festival, and more. Anita grew up in Rome, Italy but has been a loyal Queens resident after graduating with a B.A. in Sociology from St. John's University. From script to screen, she loves all aspects of filmmaking, including talking about herself in the third person.

EVAN TERRELL 2020 NARRATIVE JUROR

Evan Terrell is a writer, producer and performer. He currently works at Entertainment One, where he works in animation development. He has produced podcasts, on-air promos for Warnermedia, and has performed standup comedy in New York City. When he’s not collaborating with storytellers, he enjoys watching history videos on Youtube and jotting down loglines.

PAMELA NEMOTO NARRATIVE JUROR

Pamela Nemoto is a film + TV Programmer specializing in Content Strategy, Acquisition, and Digital Video. She’s been fortunate to work for The Tribeca Film Festival, HBO, BritBox (BBC-ITV), A+E Networks, and Disney. Pam is a proud member of the Programmers of Colour Collective and the TV Academy.

She currently lives in NYC but is originally from NJ and remains an avid Wawa devotee.

ALISON WILLMORE

Alison Willmore is the critic at BuzzFeed News. In her past life as the TV editor at Indiewire, she helped launch the site's television coverage. Her writing has also appeared in the AV Club, Salon, Time Out New York, and Movieline. Alongside Matt Singer, she hosts the Filmspotting: SVU podcast.

BILL CURRAN 2021 NARRATIVE JUROR

Bill Curran has held senior leadership and programming positions at the Nantucket Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly IFP), and The Paley Center for Media. In 2020, he produced “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration”, a virtual concert for ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty), made and streamed in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert has been viewed over 4 million times online around the globe, and was cited on "Best of 2020” lists in the New York Times, New Yorker, and Washington Post, among others.

DANI FAITH LEONARD 2020/21 NARRATIVE JUROR

Dani Faith Leonard is a Producer, Screenwriter, and Comedian. In 2010, Dani co-founded production company and incubator Big Vision Empty Wallet with Alex Cirillo to champion work from underrepresented creators. Recent projects include documentary RED, WHITE & WASTED (Tribeca 2019, in theaters this Fall), and feature films COAST (post production), LEZ BOMB (2018), and THE LIGHT OF THE MOON (2017). Dani also created and hosts the live comedy show ADULT SEX ED, presented by National Lampoon. Whether telling stories on stage as a comedian, writing movies, or producing films at Big Vision Empty Wallet, she believes in the power of stories to entertain and impact change.

DEREK NGUYEN NARRATIVE JUROR

Derek Nguyen is an award-winning writer, director, and independent producer. He wrote and directed The Housemaid (Cô Hầu Gái) (HKFilm Vietnam & CJ Entertainment), which was released by IFC Films in 2018 as well as in 22 different territories around the world. An American adaptation of the film is currently in development, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious). Derek was a fellow at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters Lab for the screenplay adaptation of his play, Monster (East West Players, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Public Theatre New Work Now, Edgar Allen Poe Best Play nomination) and a 2004 Screenwriting Fellow at the New York Foundation for the Arts. Derek’s short, The Potential Wives of Norman Mao narrated by George Takei (Star Trek), screened at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, and the Asian American International Film Festival (NYC) among others. Derek co-wrote Seeing Red (directed by Liselle Mei), which was a part of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival’s All-Access Alumni Program and the 2007 IFP Market’s No Borders Program. He was creative consultant on Sundance project Stones in the Sun (directed by Patricia Benoit, Tribeca Film Festival). Derek was the Associate Producer of Mister Green (directed by Greg Pak), Addicted to Fresno (directed by Jamie Babbit), Lovesong (directed by So Yong Kim, Strand Releasing), Buster’s Mal Heart (directed by Sarah Adina Smith, Well Go USA), Emmy-nominated The Tale (directed by Jennifer Fox, HBO), and The Long Dumb Road (directed by Hannah Fidell, Universal Pictures). Derek has worked at the Tribeca Film Institute and was the Director of Operations & Creative Affairs for Gamechanger Films, where he developed and financed Land Ho! (directed by Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz, Sony Pictures Classics), The Invitation (directed by Karyn Kusama, Drafthouse Films & Netflix), The Strange Ones (directed by Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff, Vertical Entertainment), Sundance-winner Nancy (directed by Christina Choe, Samuel Goldwyn Pictures), among others. He is currently producing A. Sayeeda Moreno’s I’m Not Down with Monique Gabriela Curnen, which received the AT&T Untold Stories Development Grant at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and Film Independent’s Fast Track Labs. He recently co-founded The Population, a film production company with Mynette Louie and Mollye Asher which focuses on producing feature films by or about women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and other underrepresented groups.

JOSEPH HERNANDEZ 2021 NARRATIVE JUROR

Joseph Hernandez is a SAG-AFTRA actor and film festival programmer based in North Bergen, New Jersey. He currently serves as Senior Programmer of the North Bend Film Festival, a destination fest taking place in the town of Twin Peaks, and programmer with the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, a premiere NYC event every October. Joseph also helped launch Nightstream, a virtual megafest designed to keep the American genre festival circuit alive while theatres were closed in 2020. This year, he co-founded the Reel Love Film Festival, a fest wholly dedicated to highlighting the best new love stories in film.

MORGAN INGARI 2021 NARRATIVE JUROR

Morgan Ingari is a queer Brooklyn-based filmmaker. She graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts in 2013, and went on to direct branded content for companies like MasterCard, Nine West, Bordeaux, and Bon Appetit. Her first feature film, 2021's "Milkwater" starring Molly Bernard (Younger), won multiple awards at festivals like the Bushwick Film Festival, Indie Street Film Festival, and Brooklyn Film Festival. It is now available to view on Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes. She has worked myriad other jobs (with debatable degrees of skill) outside of filmmaking, including camp counseling, satire writing, and healthcare education.

ROSE TUCKER 2022 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker are an Australian‐born, Brooklyn based documentary filmmaking duo
with a focus on international storytelling. Their debut feature Barbecue (2017), about barbecue culture around the world, premiered at SXSW, was released globally by Netflix, and won the 2018 James Beard Award for Best Documentary. We Don’t Deserve Dogs (2020), exploring the relationship between humans and dogs across cultures, was a festival favorite, with selections including SXSW, Warsaw International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival and Miami GEMS. The film was released in cinemas and via streaming and is currently available on major platforms worldwide. Rose and Matthew have collaborated for over fifteen years. They work together as a two‐person crew: Matthew as director and cinematographer, Rose as producer and sound recordist. They have been lucky enough to film in over two dozen countries around the globe.

MATTHEW SALLEH 2022 DOCUMENTARY JUROR

WILLIAM CUSICK

William Cusick is a writer, director and designer based in NYC. Cusick’s second feature film, Pop Meets the Void, premiered in June 2015 at the 5th Lower East Side Film Festival in NYC and was awarded Best Feature Film of the festival. Pop Meets the Void screened at Museum of the Moving Image in March 2016 and was awarded the Best of Fest and Audience Awards at the 2016 Queens World Film Festival. Cusick directed the award-winning experimental film Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road). The neo-surrealist road movie premiered as an Official Selection of the 2012 Lower East Side Film Festival in NYC, received the 2013 Founders’ Choice Award at the Queens World Film Festival in NYC and was featured at the Queens Museum of Art. Cusick’s video projection designs have been featured in productions around the world, most recently on Broadway in Sharr White’s The Other Place at Manhattan Theater Club in 2013. Cusick received the 2007 Henry Hewes Design Award for Projection Design for Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater. As a contributing editor for Chance Magazine, Cusick conducts interviews with directors, video artists and projection designers working in contemporary performance. Cusick is on faculty at The New School in NYC where he leads a collaborative workshop in filmmaking and lectures on creative technology and theatrical design.

DENAE PETERS DOCUMENTARY JUROR

Denae Peters is the Director of Impact Distribution at Picture Motion, where she leads the operations and management of the non-theatrical distribution team. Most recently, she was a Campaign Director at Film Sprout, a grassroots distribution firm for social-issue documentaries, where she managed campaigns for titles including Knife Skills, For Ahkeem and Whose Streets?. Prior to this, she spent five years at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where she was the Manager of Guest/Filmmaker Relations and managed TIFF's hospitality industry sponsorships. She is a Board Member of the Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM), a collective of women and non-binary people of color working in the documentary industry, and has served on selection committees for festivals including the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, DOC NYC and the Tribeca Film Festival.

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