M A R Í A T E R E S A R O D R Í G U E Z
CREATIVE WORK & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
Cuban American Gothic (2021, 12:46mins/ 2022, 16:40 mins) Director & Producer of a comic, hybrid documentary about the pandemic, Maggie, and her dead Cuban parents. Made in association with PBS. Co-produced by Maggie Diaz Bofill and Latino Public Broadcasting with additional funding from The Wyncote Foundation and Intar Theatre. Premiered as part of PBS’ “The Latino Experience” in July 2021.The director's cut premiered at the 2022 San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Reclaiming the Past, Constructing our Future: A Collaborative Exploration of the Pennhurst Archive (2021-) In co-creation with members of the intellectual disability community and other artists, historians, and archivists, we are rediscovering the archives of the now-closed Pennhurst State School and Hospital. The research will inform the creation of an interactive, multimedia “story wall” that will connect historical records to lived experiences of institutionalization. Produced by the Institute on Disabilities, Temple University and funded by The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.
Untitled Women and Regenerative Agriculture in Uruguay Project. Documentary project currently in development.
Discovering the Selinsgrove Center (2017-2018) As a documentarian I engaged in a collaborative project with artists, historians and residents to develop an arts based methodology to illuminate the complex history and lived experience of the institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities. Produced by the Institute on Disabilities, Temple University and funded by The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.
Niños de la Memoria (2012, 64/56:40mins) Director & Co-Producer of documentary with funding from The Independent Television Service (ITVS), Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Chicken & Egg Pictures and The Philadelphia Foundation. Distributed by Women Make Movies.
Award of Merit, Latin American Studies Association Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Cine Golden Eagle Award, December 2012
Selected Screenings
Official Selection, Ambulante (El Salvador), 2012
San Francisco Latino International Film Festival, 2012
16th International Film Festival of Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2013
Embassy of El Salvador, Washington, DC, 2013
CineFestival, San Antonio, Texas, 2013
San Diego Latino Film Festival, CA, 2012
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2013
Tenemos Que Ver, Festival Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Uruguay, 2013
DocBuenosAires 13, Argentina, 2012
dhfest, México, DF, 2013
Canal 10, Salvadoran Public Television, 2012
US Public Television Broadcast: World Channel, Global Visions Series, 2013
Becoming American Producer & Director of a 30 minute documentary on Mexican Immigrant Health for the 4 hour series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Premiered nationally on PBS in March 2008. Executive Producers: California Newsreel with Vital Pictures.
2009 duPont- Columbia Award in Television and Radio News
2009 Communication Award, TV/Radio/Film, National Academies
2009 Council on Foundations Henry Hampton Award
2008 Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust / National Minority Quality Forum Excellence in Journalism Award
Mirror Dance (2005, 54 min.) Co-Producer/Director. Documentary premiering on PBS’ Independent Lens with funding from ITVS, Latino Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts and The Philadelphia Foundation.
Award of Merit, Latin American Studies Association Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2007
Finalist, Best Television Documentary, Imagen Awards, Los Angeles, CA 2006
First Place, Television Documentary, Society of Professional Journalists, Phila, 2006
CINE Golden Eagle Award, December 2005
Selected Screenings
American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina, July 2012
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, March 2008
Latin American Film Festival, Center for Latin American Studies, Duke University, 2007
Festival of Women’s Film & Media Arts, National Museum of Women in the Arts, WDC, 2007
Motion Pictures ‘07, 5th Annual Festival of Dance Film/Videos, Philadelphia, 2007
Reel Rasquache Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
7th Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival, London, England, 2007
One Book, One Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, 2007
Melbourne Latino Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2007
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, La Habana, Cuba, 2006
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, NY, 2006
Vistas Film Festival, Dallas, TX, 2006
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA, 2006
Cuban Interests Section, Washington, DC, 2006
Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2006
San Diego International Latino Film Festival Monthly Screening Series, 2006
San Juan Cinemafest, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2005
San Francisco Latino International Film Festival, 2005
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, 2005
Boston Latino International Film Festival, 2005
University of Delaware, Trabant Theater, 2005
CineSol Film Festival, Texas, 2005
ETV, Basque Television, Spain, 2005
Under New Management: Community Voices & School Reform (2003, 40 min.) Co-Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor. Commissioned as part of WYBE’s Philadelphia Stories Series.
PBS LiteracyLink: GED Connection (30x6, 2001) Director of 6 programs on Literature and the Arts for national PBS/KET educational series.
Favorite Poem Project, Jessie Alpaugh/ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (2000, BetaSP, 8 min.) Segment Producer/Director for US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky’s Favorite Poem Project. Copy in National Archives Collection, Washington, D.C.
From Here to There/ De Aquí a Allá (1998, 40 min.) Producer, Director, Writer, Co-Cinematographer.
First Place, Short Documentary, XVIII International Film Festival of Uruguay, 1999
Selected Screenings & Broadcasts
WGBH, La Plaza, Boston, MA, 2000
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Contemporary Latino Filmmaker’s Series, Washington, DC, 1999
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, La Habana, Cuba, 1998
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL, 1999
San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego, CA, 1999
Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
Chicago Latino Film Festival, Chicago, IL, 1999
CineFestival, San Antonio, TX, 1999
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Texas Documentary Tour, Austin Film Society, Austin, TX, 1998
CEC Women's Film & Video Series, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Festival ¡Cine Latino!, San Francisco, CA, 1998
WYBE, Through the Lens 9, Philadelphia, PA, 1999
Conexión Latina, WYBE TV-35, Philadelphia, PA. (October 1997-July 1998) Producer of a weekly half hour show focusing on issues of importance to the local Latino Community.
A Conversation with Paulo Freire, (1997, 8 min.) Producer/Editor. Produced for The International Literacy Institute/UNESCO.
Through the Lens 6, WYBE TV-35, Philadelphia, PA. (December 1995-June 1996) Producer & Curator of a 10 hour series of independent film and video for PBS affiliate.
Morningtide (1993, 16mm, B/W, 17min.) Producer, Director, Editor, Writer with Birgitte Staermose.
Gold Medal Winner, Bande A Part, 9es Rencontres du Cinéma Indépendant de Chateauroux, France, 1995
Regional Student Academy Award, Experimental Category, 1994
Lawrence Kasdan Award, Best Narrative Film Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994
Best Experimental Narrative, Student Category 18th Atlanta Film and Video Festival, Atlanta, GA, 1994
Silver Medal Winner, Danubiale, Internationale Film-und Videofesttage, Krems, Austria, 1995
Silver Medal Winner, Independent Fiction, Festival International du Court-Métrage et de la Vidéo, Wattrelos, France, 1993
Silver Apple Award, Animation/Experimental Category, Student Competition, National Education Film and Video Festival, Oakland, CA., 1994
Award Winner, Humboldt International Film Festival, Arcata, CA., 1994
Silver Medal Winner, 10 Internationale Duisburger Amateur-Filmage, Duisburg, Germany,1994
Silver Bear Award, 22 Filmfestival al der Nationen, Linz, Austria, 1994
Silver Medal Winner, 35. Brno Super8/16 Film Festival, Brno, Czech Republic, 1994
(un)named (1992, 5min.) Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematographer, with Madhavi Rangachar.
Selected Screenings & Broadcasts
Whitney Museum of American Art, From India to America: New Directions in Indian-American Film and Video, New York, NY, 1994, Traveling program to Bombay and Delhi, India.
Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1994
San Juan Cinemafest, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1995
Cinesol Latino Film Festival, Harlingen, TX, 1994
Festival ¡Cine Latino!, San Francisco, CA, 1994
Women in the Director's Chair, Chicago, IL, 1993
Asian American International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 1993
Olympia Film Festival, Olympia, WA, 1993
9th Chicago Latino Film Festival, Chicago, IL, 1993
18th Annual Poetry Film/Video Festival, San Francisco, CA, 1993
Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
Festival of World Cinema, Festival of Independents, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
Great Lakes Film and Video: Hispanic Festival, Milwaukee, WI, 1993
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival, 1993
International Women’s Day Festival, Boston, MA, 1993
Asian Cinevision: Videoscape '92, New York, NY, 1992
WYBE-35, "Through the Lens", Philadelphia, PA, 1993
Deep Dish TV, March 1993
CUNY-TV, New York, NY, May 1992
International TV, Visions of Asia, New York, NY, June 1992
Stages of Integration (1991, 16mm, B/W & Color, 15min.) Producer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer with Ashraf Meer.
Selected Screenings
Whitney Museum of American Art: From India to America: New Directions in Indian-American Filmand Video, New York, NY, 1994. Traveling Program to Bombay and Delhi, India
OnScreen, San Francisco, CA, 1992
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1992
Asian American International Film Festival, New York, NY, 1991
RELATED MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Facilitator, Grupo Árbol/Scribe Video Center Program Exchange. August 2012-October 2013. Facilitated an exchange of community based media between Grupo Árbol in Montevideo and Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia that was programmed on national television in Uruguay.
Consultant, UNESCO/Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, PA. November 2002-March 2003. Participated in training Jamaican & Haitian facilitators in Scribe’s Community Visions Media Model for use in UNESCO pilot program.
Producer/Media Consultant, International Literacy Institute, Philadelphia, PA. February 1997- December 1999. Consultant for various international multi-media projects.
Workshop/Open Screen Facilitator, Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association, Philadelphia, PA. January 1997-January 1998.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Universidad del Valle: Visiting Professor, School of Social Communication. March 2020, Cali, Colombia
Masters Program in Media and Culture: Documentary.
Universidad de Montevideo: Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Communication. August 2013- present
Coordinator of the Film/Video Program, August 2014- December 2017
Courses: Film and Video Production I & II; Introduction to Film and Video Analysis; Uruguayan Culture through Film; Contemporary Latin American Culture through Film
The University of the Arts: Adjunct Associate Professor, May 2010-May 2013
Adjunct Assistant Professor, January 2006-April 2010
Academic Advisor, October 2005-May 2012
Senior Lecturer, September 2000-2005
School of Film (formerly Media Arts)
Courses: Professional Practices; Documentary Film Forum; Introduction to Film/Digital Media; Freshman Film
Swarthmore College: Visiting Assistant Professor (Part-time), Spring 2005 & 2006
Department of English, Film & Media Studies
Course: Video Production Workshop
Supervised independent senior video projects
Scribe Video Center: Instructor, April 1995-2012
Project Facilitator, 1994-2002
Courses: Documentary Scriptwriting, Planning a Documentary, Documentary Production, 16mm Production
Scribe Community Visions and Youth History Project Instruction
Los Trabajadores Collaborated with a group of Mexican migrant workers in scripting, shooting and editing a video documenting their struggle for better working and living conditions in Kennett Square and Reading, PA. The video is currently part of the national tour: We Tell: Fifty years of Participatory Community Media.
Something to Wear Instructed a group of inner city youth in scripting, shooting and editing, a video on fashion and social movements.
That Sounds Like Me: Seniors Read Aloud Together Collaborated with a group of older adults in creating an award winning video about sharing literature aloud.
Temple University: Lecturer (MFA Candidate), 1991-1993
Department of Film and Media Arts
Courses: Film and Television Analysis, Video Production
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Program
2012 Fulbright Scholar
2011 Sundance Documentary Edit Lab Fellow
2007 Leeway Transformation Award
2007 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Professional Development Grant
2006 NVR/Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship Nominee
2005 Independence Foundation Fellowship
2005, 2001, 2000 Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2005, CPB Travel Fellowship to INPUT, San Francisco, CA
2005 National Association of Latino Independent Producers Conference Scholarship
2003 Leeway Foundation: Window of Opportunity Grant
2003 PBS Producers Academy Fellowship, WGBH
2002 Close Up Commission: Philadelphia Stories, WYBE TV
2001 Pew Fellowship in the Arts
2001 CPB/PBS Producers Academy Fellow, PBS Annual Meeting
2001 Greater Philadelphia Cultural Association, Individual Artist Grant
2001 National Association of Latino Independent Producers Conference Scholarship
2000 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Media Arts Fellowship
2000 NALIP Travel Fellowship
1998 Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship Nominee
1998 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar Scholarship
1998 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Video
1998 CPB Travel Fellowship to INPUT 98, Stuttgart, Germany
1997 Philadelphia Foundation Grant
1997 Philadelphia Independent Film/Video Association Subsidy Grant
1996 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Film
1995 Temple University Fellowship Thesis Completion Grant
1993 Temple University Radio-Television-Film Completion Grant
1992-94 Philadelphia Independent Film/Video Association Subsidy Grant
1989-91 Future Faculty Fellowship, Temple University
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS (selection)
Member, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, 2020
Open Call Reader, Independent Television Service (ITVS), 2020
Judge, Documentary Development Funds, Dirección del Cine y Audiovisual Nacional (ICAU), Uruguay, 2018
Open Call Media Fund Reader, Latino Public Broadcasting (LBP), 2018
Open Call Reader, Independent Television Service (ITVS), 2017
Judge, Pájaros Pintados Film Festival, Spain, 2016
Judge, Documentary Competition, Atlantidocs, Uruguay, 2015
Judge, Documentary Competition, El Ojo Cojo, Spain, 2014
Judge & Advisory Board, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, 2014
Public Media Content Reader, Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), 2012
Judge, Documentary Competition, Derek Freese Video Festival, 2010, 2012, 2013
Judge, Temple University Diamond Film Festival, 2008
Artist Advocacy Board, Miro Dance Theatre, 2008-2012
Judge, First Person Arts Documentary Contest, 2007
Committee Member, Scribe Video Center, 25th Anniversary Committee, 2007
Advisory Board, First Person Documentary Project, 2006-07
Open Call Reader & Panelist 2006, Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Open Call Panelist 2006, Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
LPB Funding Workshop, MIRROR DANCE case study, Chicago, 2006
Open Call Reader 2005, Latino Public Broadcasting (LBP)
ITVS Funding Workshop, MIRROR DANCE case study, Philadelphia, 2004
Judge, Kentucky Educational Television Fund for Independent Production, 1999
Pre-Screener, Black Maria Film & Video Festival, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008
First Round Judge “Set in Philadelphia” Screenwriting Competition, 1994-1997
Reader, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Screenwriting Fellowship, 1996-1998
Pre-Screener, UFVA Student Film & Video Festival, 1995, 1996, 1997
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), Founding Member
Board Member, Philadelphia Independent Film & Video Association (PIFVA), 1998-2004
GUEST ARTIST PRESENTATIONS & PANELS (selection)
Panel Moderator, “El contrato con lo documental”, International Transmedia Workshop, October 2020.
Presenter, "Inclusión y co-creación: el trabajo audiovisual con personas con discapacidad" Semana de Comunicación para el Desarrollo, University of Montevideo, October 2019
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Master Class and screening, Niños de la Memoria February 2019
Presenter, “Historias auténticas: discapacidades y co-creación audiovisual” Semana de Comunicación para el Desarrollo, University of Montevideo, September 2017
Workshop Presenter, “Individuality vs. The Representation of Collective Subjectivities and Multi-Temporalities, Visible Evidence Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2017
Essex University, England, Erasmus+ Visiting Academic, May 2017
Temple University, Master Class, Graduate Colloquium, February 2014
Rutgers University, Camden, Niños de la Memoria, February 2014
Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios Latinoamericanos (CEIL), Universidad de la República, Lecture “La mirada estadounidense hacia lo latinoamericano a través de algunos documentales independientes”, November 2012
Panelist, Documentary Studies, A State of the Field Symposium, Temple University, April 2009
Trinity College, CT, Mirror Dance Presentation, October 2008
Miro Through the Lens, Miro Dance Theatre, August 2008
Panelist, Black Lily Film Festival Funding Workshop, Philadelphia, May 2007
Panelist, Latino Public Broadcasting Funding Workshop, MIRROR DANCE Case Study, Chicago, IL, April 2006
Panelist, Public Television Funding Panel: MIRROR DANCE Case Study, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, October 2005
University of Delaware, Mirror Dance Presentation and Panel, October 2005
Panelist, Is Copyright Killing the Documentary Film? Copyright Society of America,
Philadelphia, March 2005 & New York City, May 2005
Temple University, Professional Practices Class and Graduate Colloquium, November 2004
Delaware Art Museum, From Here to There, November 2003
Panelist, Wanderlust: Art Across Borders, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA, April 2002
Cabrini College, Radnor, PA, From Here to There, January 2002
Temple University, Graduate Colloquium, 2001, 2003, 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Film Studies Guest Speaker, From Here to There, 1998, 2001
University of Pennsylvania, Latino Dialogue Institute, Under New Management, 2003, 2004
The University of the Arts, From Here to There, 2000
Swarthmore College, Department of Anthropology, From Here to There, 1999
Panelist, Real to Reel: The Documentary in the 90’s, Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, 1998
EDUCATION
MFA
Temple University, Film and Media Arts, 1997
BA
University of Virginia, English, Minor: Latin American Studies, 1987