Journeys: Live Stream and Q&A

July 9, 2020
6:30PM - 7:45PM CST

Live stream screening of short film Birders followed by a live conversation between Rocío Santos (Domingos en Vocalo) and Program 3 filmmakers Otilia Portillo Padua (Birders) and Jose Luis Benavides (Lulu en el Jardín). Click here to learn more about Program 3.

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Rocío Santos Moderator Rocío Santos is host, producer and curator at Domingos en Vocalo— Vocalo's (91.1FM) Spanish-language programming that broadcasts on Sundays and specializes in Latin-alternative indie music, arts and culture for the Latinx

Rocío Santos
Moderator

Rocío Santos is host, producer and curator at Domingos en Vocalo— Vocalo's (91.1FM) Spanish-language programming that broadcasts on Sundays and specializes in Latin-alternative indie music, arts and culture for the Latinx community.

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Jose Luis Benavides Lulu en el Jardín Jose Luis Benavides (b. 1986 Chicago, US) is a queer Latinx artist, filmmaker and educator. His work has been officially selected for various festivals including: Onion City, Chicago, US (2020); MSU Latinx

Jose Luis Benavides
Lulu en el Jardín

Jose Luis Benavides (b. 1986 Chicago, US) is a queer Latinx artist, filmmaker and educator. His work has been officially selected for various festivals including: Onion City, Chicago, US (2020); MSU Latinx Film Festival, Lansing, US (2020); Revolutions Per Minute Festival, Univ. of Mass. Boston, MA, US (2020); Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Mizna’s 14th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN, US (2019); CinHomo Muestra Internacional de Cine y Diversidad Sexual, Valladolid, ES (2019); Cadence Video Poetry Festival, Seattle, US (2019); and Collected Voices, Chicago, US (2018).

Otilia Padua Birders Mexican filmmaker. She studied architecture in Cambridge University and the Architectural Association, London. Her works include Tzolkin , Heaven mirrors everything and Three Voices . Three Voices won the Docs in Prog

Otilia Padua
Birders

Mexican filmmaker. She studied architecture in Cambridge University and the Architectural Association, London. Her works include Tzolkin, Heaven mirrors everything and Three Voices. Three Voices won the Docs in Progress award from DocsMX and was later screened at SXSW, Ambulante, Morelia International Film Festival, DocsMX, Margaret Mead Film Festival, Documenta Madrid, Festival de Lima, FIDBA Buenos Aires and London MexFest. Otilia participated in the Berlinale Talents Doc Station (2011) and the Guadalajara Talents (2011). She has been a beneficiary of the Young Creator’s Program 2010 by the Ministry of Culture (CONACULTA), Film Creator’s Stimulus Program 2016 from the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE) to develop her first feature film, and the Sundance Documentary Fund (2018) for the development of the short documentary Birders produced by No Ficción for Netflix.