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Featured Projects
Masami Kawai
Assistant professor of cinema studies
Indigenous heritage
Kawai took her feature film project Valley of the Tall Grass to the Sundance Directors Lab in 2023. Synopsis: “A TV/VCR combo set is thrown out, but it survives and circulates through the lives of various working class Indigenous characters of color in an Oregon town. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object.”
Read more on Valley of the Tall Grass and the Sundance Directors Lab.
Gabriela Martínez
Professor, department head of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Latin America, ethnographic and social documentaries
Keep Your Eyes on Guatemala tells the story of Guatemala's National Police Historical Archive intertwined with narratives of past human rights abuses and the dramatic effects they had on specific individuals and the nation as a whole. In addition, it highlights present-day efforts to preserve collective memories and bring justice and reconciliation to the country.
Watch Gabriela Martínez’s documentary, Keep Your Eyes on Guatemala.