ABOUT
OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION
Our mission is to produce, distribute and screen film and video made in the Americas by community media organizations and independent filmmakers. Through screenings at universities, cultural institutions, community media centers, film festivals and online our goal is to broaden the U.S. audience’s understanding of issues faced by marginalized populations and encourage further investigation through cultural exchange.
ALEXANDRA HALKIN
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
In 1998, Alexandra co-founded the Chiapas Media Project (CMP) an award winning bi-national organization that trained over 200 indigenous men and women in video production in Chiapas and Guerrero, Mexico. Alexandra has consulted with various organizations such as Witness, and CLACPI (Latin American Coordinator for Indigenous Film and Communication)…
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
María Isabel Alfonso Associate Professor, St. Joseph's College
Deb Ellis Filmmaker & Associate Professor, Film & Television Studies, University of Vermont
Andrés Caballero Documentary Filmmaker and Radio Journalist, Los Angeles
Catherine Murphy Filmmaker and Literacy Expert, Maryland
Gabriela Dematteis Filmmaker and Journalist, New York
ADVISORY BOARD
Gustavo Arcos Cuba
Sarah Doty U.S.
Sujatha Fernandes Australia
Ernesto Granado Cuba
Katrin Hansing U.S.
Simon Kilmurry U.S.
David Leitner U.S.
Gordon Quinn U.S.
Mónica Rivero Italy
Marisol Rodríguez Mexico
Americas Media Initiative is funded in part by:
The Ford Foundation
The Christopher Reynolds Foundation
The Lucius and Eva Eastman Foundation
The Pride Foundation
The Reva and David Logan Foundation
The Oppenheimer Family Fund
UCLA MEAP Program
& many generous individual donors across the U.S.