2023 Media Arts SCP & GPS



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9/17/2021 9:00:00 AM

2023 Media Arts SCP & GPS

2023

Coppola, Danila

Deborah Kynes

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Panelists (5)

  • County: Miami-Dade County

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County: MiamiDade

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  • Chief of Administration, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
  • 18 years’ experience in municipal administration in Culture, Tourism, Film and Special Events; 5 years’ experience in feature film development
  • Master in Public Administration, Florida International University, Green School of International and Public Affairs ; Bachelor in Fine Arts, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
  • County:

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  • Executive Director, RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Advisory Board Member, Out at the Movies International Film Fest, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Previously, Chief Development Officer, American Public Media - Classical South Florida; Interim Executive Director, Associate Programmer, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, FL
  • Former, Director, DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
  • MBA Marketing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  • BSBA, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

  • County: Miami-Dade County

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County: MiamiDade

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  • Arts & Culture Specialist, City of Coral Gables
  • BA, Communications ​with an emphasis in film & video, ​Webster University
  • Previous affiliations:
    • Board Member and Curatorial Team, Illuminate Coral Gables
    • Associate Educator, ​programming film & performances for the Saint Louis Art Museum
    • Program Coordinator, Webster University Film Series 
    • Associate Producer of documentary films with Beacon Productions, St. Louis, MO
    • Vice Chair, New Music Circle

 

 

  • County: Duval County

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County: Duval

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  • Associate Professor in English and Film and Coordinator for the Film Program, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
  • Creator and Manager of the AfterImage Documentary Film Lab at UNF, which produces documentary films, podcasts, and an annual documentary film festival
  • Most recent release as Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor: “Kóokayen ku k’a’aksik u chiich” (“Firefly that Remembers Its Grandmother”), a tri-lingual documentary profiling Maya poets of Yucatán working to keep their language and culture alive
  • Currently working on a film about the history of the development of land and property in Jacksonville, a history that serves as a microcosm of the impact of property development on social development in the United States
  • County: Leon County

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County: Leon

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  • Assistant Professor in Dance, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  • Creates films and interactive media to illuminate lived experiences and the human cost of injustice and inequality
  • Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America, Rhynard’s second feature-length documentary, has received numerous accolades including a 2018 Television Academy Honor for its airing on LogoTV in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Social Justice Film Award from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
  • Dance films have screened at festivals nationwide including ScreenDance Miami where she was awarded the Jury Prize for Invisible Queens (2015) and for Black Stains (2018)
  • BA in Dance from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; MFA in Dance from the Ohio State University