Theresa Navarro
THERESA NAVARRO is an Independent Spirit Award-nominated producer and cultural worker who collaborates with educational and arts organizations around the country. She currently serves as the Program and Development Director at American Documentary, a NY-based nonprofit media arts organization that produces the award-winning nonfiction series POV on PBS and AMERICA REFRAMED on WORLD Channel, as well as interactive productions through POV Spark. Her work focuses on the lived experiences and media re/presentations of women, people of color and immigrant communities. Recent projects include: Chinatown sports documentary 9-MAN, Sundance Special Jury Award winner ADVANTAGEOUS, and Emmy-nominated nonfiction series AMERICA REFRAMED. In 2011, Theresa was nationally recognized as one of 15 Asian Pacific American Women Leaders and has been featured on panels and workshops at AFI SilverDocs, Allied Media Conference, and Hawaii International Film Festival, among others. Born and raised in the SF Bay Area, Theresa now resides in Brooklyn with her husband and infant daughter.
Sessions in which Theresa Navarro attends
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- Making a New Reality with Kamal Sinclair
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour
- Presentation
- Case Study with the Filipino Production Team for Call Her Ganda ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- #DecolonizeDocs—The Industry ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Opening Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 2 hours
- Documentary Audience Research Launch Breakfast
- Signup required Kimpton Everly Hotel - Ballroom
- 7:15 AM - 9:15 AM | 2 hours
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- #DecolonizeDocs—The Filmmaker ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- What Does Advocacy for Documentary Look Like?
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Lunch Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | 3 hours
- 2018 State of the Documentary Field Study: Presentation of Findings Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Presentation
- Creative Distribution and Audience Engagement Post-Cambridge Analytica: A Look at Changing Strategies, Roles, Demands and Data
- Signup required Arena Cinelounge - Theater
- 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Presentation
- After #MeToo ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the NEH
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- Keynote: Orwa Nyrabia
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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- #DecolonizeDocs—The Audience ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Mock Deposition: The case of IDA vs. Marco Williams
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Performance
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- National Minority Consortia
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes
- Panel
- Equity Investment in Documentary Film ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- A-Doc, the Asian American Documentary Network Convening
- Signup required LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) - Gallery
- 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1 hour
- Convening
- Role of Documentary in the Public Sphere
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Closing Remarks
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM | 15 minutes