WRITER / DIRECTOR

AMANDA MORELL (ALSO KNOWN AS IIRITU) IS A BRONX NATIVE OF DOMINICAN AND PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE, AND A VISIONARY IN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING AND EDITING. SHE CRAFTS COMPELLING NARRATIVES THAT SEAMLESSLY BLEND NATURE AND EMOTION WHILE DELVING INTO THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF MEMORY AND ITS LASTING IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS. HER WORK HAS EARNED WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM FROM INSTITUTIONS AND FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, BRIC, MARTHA'S VINEYARD AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, GLAAD, AND BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL. AMANDA’S LATEST SHORT FILM, HIJA DE FLORINDA, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY THE CENTER OF CULTURAL POWER’S CLIMATE WOKE CAMPAIGN, IS CURRENTLY FEATURED IN A FOUR-MONTH EXHIBITION AT THE MOCA MUSEUM IN LOS ANGELES AND IS SET TO BEGIN ITS FESTIVAL RUN EARLY NEXT YEAR. 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE: @_IIRITU_ 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

BRUCE MCINTYRE III, FOUNDER OF THE SAVEAROSE FOUNDATION, ESTABLISHED IN HONOR OF HIS LATE PARTNER, AMBER ROSE ISAAC, WHO TRAGICALLY LOST HER LIFE DUE TO MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE. BRUCE IS A LEADING ADVOCATE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH, ACTIVELY COLLABORATING WITH LAWMAKERS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO REFORM SYSTEMIC ISSUES IN MATERNAL CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK, BROWN, AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN. 

ADDITIONALLY, BRUCE HAS CONDUCTED RACIAL BIAS CLASSES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS NATIONWIDE AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN DOCUMENTARIES SUCH AS AFTERSHOCK AND EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALL WHITE, ALONG WITH VARIOUS MEDIA PLATFORMS ADVOCATING FOR MATERNAL HEALTH ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE. HIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK HAS MADE HIM A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR QUALITY CARE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS. 

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE: @bizmacthe3rd 

PRODUCER

FLOR DE ORO TEJADA IS A CREATIVE PRODUCER AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY FILMMAKER FROM THE BRONX, NEW YORK. A GRADUATE FROM NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS KANBAR INSTITUTE OF FILM & TV, FLOR IS A FELLOW TO THE 2023 SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS LAB AND FELLOWSHIP. SHE’S PRODUCED BRANDED CONTENT AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION FOR CONDÉ NAST, VOX CREATIVE, TIME INC.,TRIBECA STUDIOS, P&G, PFIZER AND MORE. HER FILMS HAVE SCREENED AT ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE, CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SEATTLE TRANS FILM FESTIVAL, TRIBECA FESTIVAL, MARTHA'S VINEYARD AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, AFRIKANA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, HOT SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL, DOC NYC, BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AND MORE. SHE PRODUCED “BONE BLACK: MIDWIVES VS. THE SOUTH” WHICH WON BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARDS AT BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL AND NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL IN 2023. 

PRODUCER

SHENNY DE LOS ANGELES IS A DOMINICAN-AMERICAN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE ARTIST, WRITER, AND DIRECTOR. HER DOCU-SHORT, “THE RITUAL TO BEAUTY,” IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE NEW YORKER. THE FILM HAS GONE ON TO BE NOMINATED BY THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE, RECEIVE THE GRAND JURY PRIZE AT SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, AND RECEIVE THE LOLA AWARD AT THE PHILADELPHIA LATINX FILM FESTIVAL. SHENNY HAS BEEN A NEW YORK ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT HARLEM STAGE, MABOU MINES THEATRE, AND BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE LATINX PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE, LATINA MAGAZINE, AND CEREMONIA, TO NAME A FEW. AS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 LALIFF X NETFLIX INCLUSION FELLOWSHIP, SHENNY DEVELOPED A PROOF OF CONCEPT WHICH SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO TURN INTO A NARRATIVE FEATURE. 

PRODUCER

DJALI BROWN-CEPEDA IS A CULTURAL PRESERVATIONIST AND AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER FROM LENAPEHOKING (NEW YORK CITY), WORKING WITHIN ARCHIVAL, FILM, AND TELEVISION SPACES TO PRESERVE BLACK AND BROWN STORIES. AS AN AFRO-INDÍGENA CARIBEÑA AND OLORISA YEMAYÁ (INITIATED PRIESTESS OF THE LUCUMÍ TRADITION), HER WORK IS ROOTED IN REMEMBRANCE, RECLAMATION, AND REMATRIATION, CENTERING ORAL TRADITION AND LIVED EXPERIENCES AS PATHWAYS TOWARD CULTURAL RESTORATION. 

SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF NUEVAYORKINOS, A DIGITAL ARCHIVE AND MULTIMEDIA PROJECT DOCUMENTING LATINO AND CARIBBEAN NEW YORK CITY THROUGH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS, AND STORIES. RUNNING THE PROJECT WITH HER LIFE PARTNER, THE TWO HAVE AMASSED OVER 1,000 STORIES AND 2,500 VISUAL MEDIA SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2019, HAVE EXHIBITED IN COUNTLESS SPACES, FROM EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO TO MOMA PS1. HER WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS LIKE THE NEW YORKER, DAZED DIGITAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, LATINA MAGAZINE, AND HAS LED HER TO SPEAK AT VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, THE MET, AND TIME MAGAZINE. 

A WRITER, SHE SHARES HER WORK ON ANCESTRAL ALLCHEMY, A SELF-PUBLISHED BLOG AND WELLNESS SPACE ROOTED IN RECIPROCITY AND GRATITUDE, ANCESTRAL VENERATION AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS. 

CONTACT: DJALI@NUEVAYORKINOS.COM 

CINEMATOGRAPHER

EDSON REYES (B.1997, LOS ANGELES, CA) IS A CINEMATOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER WHOSE WORK FOCUSES ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLES’ ANCESTRAL ROOTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM, AND THE BEAUTY OF SUPERNATURAL QUOTIDIAN LIFE. 

HIS WORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS LOS ANGELES, FRIEZE LOS ANGELES. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON FILMS THAT EXPLORE LAND, SCIENCE, AND KINSHIP.