Thank you staff • friends • support
Honorary Chair
Mary Catherine Bateson
Festival Director
Ariella Ben-Dov
Festival Coordinators
Natalie TschechaniukLily Szajnberg
Traveling Festival Manager
Natalie Tschechaniuk
Festival Interns
Marissa Cyr, Olivia Gulin, Minsoo Kang, Siobhan McGuirk, Isabelle Smeall, Natalie Trainor Pre-Screening Committee
Jason Fox,
Marie Gaerlan,
Faye Ginsburg,
Miles Groth,
Stella Hardee,
Sevanne Martin
Graphic Design
Fulcrum, International Design Solutions: Olga Zhivov & Harriet Spear
Web Design
Typical Tuesday: Ben McCloskeyArmistead Booker
Monica Philippo
Anthropology Consultant
Monique Scott
Brochure Editor
Shari KizirianVolunteer Coordinators
Minsoo Kang, Kira Lacks, and Natalie Trainor
Advisory Committee
Michael Apted,
Patsy Asch,
Thomas D. Blakely,
Emilie de Brigard,
Robert Carneiro,
Cynthia Close,
Loni Ding,
Françoise Foucault,
Faye Ginsburg,
Rhoda Grauer,
Bob Hawk,
Laurel Kendall,
David MacDougall,
Judith MacDougall,
Antonio Marazzi,
Sevanne Martin,
Louis Massiah,
Patricia Monte-Mor,
Bill Moyers,
Lourdes Portillo,
Somi Roy,
Jay Ruby,
Enid Schildkrout,
André Singer,
Florence Stone,
Elizabeth Weatherford,
Laila Williamson,
Frederick Wiseman
Thanks
Barbara Abrash,
Felicity Arengo,
Shiva Balaghi,
Emily Beard,
Sally Berger,
John Biaggi,
Mahen Bonetti,
Roberto Borrero,
Cara Bramson,
Kathy Brew,
Bruni Burres,
Maria Cabo,
Jorge Chica,
Chief Bill Cranmer,
Cindy Drakeman,
Brad Evans,
Ellen Evaristo,
Gisela Fosado,
Aaron Glass,
Tamar Goelman,
Lonnie Graham,
Carlos Gutiérrez,
Patrick Hazard,
Mark Hiznay,
Andrea Holley,
Melanie Kent,
Mary Kerr,
Rosamond Kinzler,
Simone Kreutzer,
Kira Lacks,
Linda Lilienfeld,
Ross MacPhee,
Paayal Mahajan,
Barbara Mathe,
Shannon Matlovsky,
R.A. McBride,
Kathryn McDermott,
Ann Michel,
Mariet Morgan,
Eric Muzzy,
Fred Myers,
Jennifer Nedbalsky,
Rick Ortiz,
Laura Ortman,
Peggy Parsons,
Steve Reichl,
Andrea Sanborn,
Sam Sibble,
Ellen Silbermann,
Margo Smith,
Charles Spencer,
Aba Taylor,
Christopher Toy,
Shawn Tymon,
Larry Van Praag,
Michael Walker,
Julia Wanckel,
William Wasden, Jr.,
Peter Whiteley,
Phil Wilde,
Deborah Willis,
Tori Wunsch,
Chi-Hui Yang,
Teddy Yoshikami,
Debbie Zimmerman,
The Filmmakers
A very special thank you to
Elaine Charnov, former Festival Director Thanks also to the following
Museum Departments
Anthropology, Audio-Visual, Central Reservations, Communications/Marketing, Development, Education, General Accounting, Graphics, Purchasing, Research Library, Visitor Services
Our Collaborators
African Film FestivalAsian CineVision
The Center for Media, Culture and History, New York University
The Center for Religion and Media, New York University
Cinema Tropical
Department of Anthropology, New York University
Documentary Educational Resources
Goethe-Institut, New York
Independent Television Services (ITVS)
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
Iraq Veterans Against the War
London International Documentary Festival
National Museum of the American Indian
New York Women in Film and Television
Riverkeeper
Rubin Museum of Art
Tribeca Film Festival
U'mista Cultural Centre
World Music Institute
Support
This Festival is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; the Netherlands Consulate-General, New York; the Goethe-Institut, New York; Arts and Culture Network Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest; PocketVisions/London International Documentary Festival; The Bard Graduate Center; NYU Native Peoples Forum; the Department of Anthropology, New York University; and JPMorgan.
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