Wednesday, December 15, 6pm EST
Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1LyxBommNyrKN
Coinciding with the world premiere of the most recent films by directors Cecilia Aldarondo, Rodrigo Reyes and Michèle Stephenson at the 2020 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival scheduled for April that year, Cinema Tropical was planning a public conversation with the three filmmakers to exchange perspectives on their own artistic practices. Then COVID-19 happened, and all of the plans changed.
Despite the fact that the premieres were then cancelled (eventually the three films were screened a year later, at this year’s edition of the Tribeca Film Festival), we decided to move forward with the roundtable, and recorded this conversation with the three directors on April 18, 2020, in which they discuss their own careers and how have they sorted numerous adversities throughout the years in order to create a vibrant and influential filmography.
Since the talk was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic, and since the three of them premiered their films during these convoluted times, Distribution Advocates and Cinema Tropical thought it would be a good opportunity to bring them back to share their experiences on that front.
Join us on Wednesday, December 15 at 6pm EST for a follow up-conversation with these three filmmakers on Cinema Tropical’s Twitter Spaces (@cinematropical), moderated by Carlos A. Gutiérrez, Executive Director of Cinema Tropical.
Aldarondo, Reyes, and Stephenson, who happen to be Latinx directors, are at the forefront of American non-fiction cinema. The three of them have been able to build strong and powerful filmographies despite challenging contexts, and have become key figures in the documentary world advocating for better professional practices, particularly in reference to underrepresented filmmakers. Below is an abridged version of the original recorded conversation.
