Thanks to generous support from the iMEdD International Incubator, we’ve been able to grow the post-production team for Cómo Vivimos. In addition to the ongoing tremendous efforts of editor Alexis McCrimmon, the team will also include:
Paloma Martinez, Co-Editor
Dayana Velasco, Assistant Editor + Translator
Ted Griswold, Sound Designer
Matt Rowles, Audio Engineer
Harriet Adams, Translator
The award-winning, documentary series POV has selected Oscar Molina’s feature-length documentary, La Casa de Mamá Icha, as part of its slate for its 34th season.
With films airing beginning in July 2021, POV “reaffirms public media’s vital role as a platform for the people and in sparking national dialogue. America’s longest-running documentary series’ newest season follows artists, activists, elders, comedians, frontline workers and politicians across the globe as they navigate their personal stories and the larger histories under which they take shape.”
More about the season here.
My feature-length documentary, currently in post-production, Como Vivimos, has been unanimously selected as one of ten projects to participate in the third cycle of the iMEdD International Incubator for Media Education and Development. Funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the iMEdD incubator hosts organizations and individuals from around the world who are pursuing innovative, ethical, and high quality independent journalistic projects which “earn broad trust” and “have the potential to inform society and empower individuals to create change.” The incubator affords financial and strategic support to awardees for a period of nine months to make significant advances on our films / projects under the guidance of professional journalists.
This award allows the film and I to work with a very dedicated team of professionals who recognize the value of the film and who have the resources and know-how to help take the film forward a few steps. As part of this year’s cohort, I’ll connect with filmmakers and media professionals, many of whom are also pursuing urgent stories pertaining to migration, citizenship, and state power. iMEdD is also generously supporting post-production services for the film.
So thrilled to be sharing our film in 360º video at The Watershed in Bristol, UK, one of the world’s premiere sites for research on the intersections of documentary and technology.
On Friday July 27, 2019, I presented on the process of making “How to Tell A True Immigrant Story” on a panel with Mandy Rose, Director of UWE Bristol’s Digital Cultures Research Centre and Co-Director of i-Docs; Liz Miller, Professor at Concordia University and Director of The Shore Line Project; and Katherin Machalek, Creative Director at New Media Advocacy Project.
We are thrilled to announce that “How to Tell a True Immigrant Story” will have its world premiere in competition at Locarno Film Festival in August.
