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Rebecca Lichtenfeld

Location:
United States
Languages:
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Issues:
Child Welfare, Racial Injustice, Gun Violence, Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Voting Rights, Women and Girls, Gender violence , Human Rights
Expertise:
Impact Producing, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Alternative Distribution, Mentorship
Cultural/racial identity:
Caucasian
Self identification:
Female

Bio

Rebecca (Becky) Lichtenfeld is an Emmy award-winning producer and impact strategist guided by the belief that media and the arts play a vital role in the advancement of human rights. Over the past two decades Becky has executed ‘creative advocacy’ projects involving filmmakers, artists, heads of state and organizers from around the globe. The power of narrative is a theme woven throughout Becky’s work, Before joining InMaat as Executive Director, Rebecca directed the Storytelling portfolio at the Bertha Foundation, where she was involved in the production and impact distribution of several Oscar-nominated and winning feature-length documentaries. Prior to that, she worked at WITNESS, an international non-profit that uses video as a tool in defense of human rights. Becky finds joy in music! She has sung backup for Marc Anthony, Harry Belafonte, the B52’s, Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, Angélique Kidjo and others. Becky is currently a proud member of the Resistance Revival Chorus which combines the dominant forces in her life – music, community and social justice.