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Brenda Avila-Hanna
- Location:
- Mexico, United States
- Languages:
- English, Spanish
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Education, Racial Injustice, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Labor issues, Women and Girls, Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Educational materials, Crafting Classroom Materials, Alternative Distribution
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Mexican
- Self identification:
- cis-gender woman
Bio
Brenda is a Mexican filmmaker and educator currently living in the CA Central Coast. Her work has been showcased at HotDocs, Lakino Berlin, HBO, PBS, Frameline, Fusion Network, and more. Brenda is a recent Rockwood/Just Films Fellow and part of the inaugural cohort of DOC NYC’s “Documentary Industry New Leaders.” Brenda’s work has been funded by ITVS, the Redford Center, the Ford Foundation, BAVC and the Central Coast Creative Corps. Brenda was the first team lead for Equity and Representation at New Day Films and is currently producing three feature documentary films, one also as a first-time director. Brenda is an active member of BGDM, Color Congress, and the Video Consortium Mexico. She is a professor at UCSC and a programmer and Artist Development lead for the Watsonville Film Festival.