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Jose
Augusto Barriga
Festival Director, Curator
Phone: 857-488-7123
E-mail: jbarriga@bliff.org
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| Jose, a Peruvian / American that was
born in Los Angeles has been with the Festival since
its beginning. Jose arrived in Boston from Los Angeles
four years ago with the crazy idea of enjoying the Boston
weather. He founded the BLIFF four years ago with $1,300.
He is a social psychologist by training and specializes
in Latino media in the U.S. He has worked in Los Angeles
with Telemundo, Fox Latin America, La Opinion newspaper,
and Enigma Entertainment in different executive positions.
He attended: la Universidad Catolica de Lima, la Universidad
Ricardo Palma e Lima, the University of California, Los
Angeles, and the Armando Robles Godoy Filmmaking School.
He now runs Viceversa
Communications, a small marketing / advertising company
that specializes in the Latino market in the U.S. |
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Nicole McConvery
Managing Director/Co-Curator
E-mail:
nmcconvery@bliff.org
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Nicole is a first-generation Colombian/American and has always felt a little “between worlds.” Raised in the suburbs of Albany, NY (along the border straddling rural expanse and urban detritus), she traded six-foot snow banks for two-foot ones and has called Boston home for the last five years. Inches away from finishing a Master’s in Journalism at Boston University, Nicole has been fascinated with film since her first theater experience (it was “Purple Rain,” if you’re curious). With an undergraduate degree in German/Psychology from Union College, her diverse interests have led her in many directions; from content producing at Boston.com, to a brief stint with the Hollywood Reporter, to coordinating language courses for the Goethe-Institut Boston. Her love for Latino/International cultures and films parallels her love for the truly bizarre and experimental. It’s no wonder, then, that she is also the Managing Director for the Boston Underground Film Festival. |
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Jenneffer Marti Diaz
Volunteers Coordinator
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Born in the Dominican Republic, Jenneffer and her family moved to the
United States when she was 7 year old. She is the oldest child of 3,
and is the first one to attend college in the United States. Jenneffer
is currently attending Boston University School of Medicine. Her goal
is to prepare in becoming a doctor and serve the Latino community, but
also to maintain her love for Latino/International films and music
alive. "I live my life by trying to keep some kind of balance, and
striving to be a well rounded person. Being exposed to many different
things outside of medicine, will allow me to be a more well rounded
doctor and individual."
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Carmen
Oquendo-Villar
Harvard University Liaison
E-mail: villar@fas.harvard.edu
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| Carmen Oquendo-Villar is a PhD candidate
in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.
Her doctoral dissertation is about the use of media during
the 1973 Coup in Chile. A graduate fellow at the Harvard University
Film Study Center, Carmen is currently working on filmic
vignettes about the LGBT Latin@ community in Boston. Carmen
is also a film curator, a writer and an all around cultural
attache. She's currently the producer and co-hostess of
the Cambridge Community TV show, "Cultural Agents". She
has never seen a contradiction between popcorn and good
films. |
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| Especial thanks to:
Trinida Martinez for her wonderful sculpture donation and talented artwork for the America Award trinidadmartinez.com
Jake W. Parker for this year's image festival and all designs
Clara Raubertas, our webmaster www.clararaubertas.net
Margaux Joffe for her video and BLIFF commercial spot at the beginning of our screenings www.margauxjoffe.com
Please support and hire them!
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Boston, MA 02199-0668
Festival
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Damiana Diaz-Reck
Edwina Portocarrero
Monica Toledo
Katherine Martinez
Tom McGregor
Alyssa Vangeli
Christine Lamas
Iris Seri
Javier De Taboada
Amat Y Leon
Luis Cardet
Jose Ponce
Emma Piper-Burket
Mircia Leguizamo
Yair Fuxman
Carmen Alvarez
Julie Rivera
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Nelida Nassar
Sendi Kalaora
Aurelie Behar
Janet Barriga
Patrick Guerrero
Tom Szekely
Mariam Fazlollahi
Saint-Cric
Matt Weinberg
Monika Navarro
Giovanni Caceres
Danielle Porter
Eunice Pedrosa
Nassim Memon
Mauren Henrikson
Amy Morse |
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