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A Powerful Community of BIPOC Women and Non-Binary Professionals Transforming the Documentary Industry
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) works to disrupt inequity in the film industry by nurturing, amplifying, and investing in the creative capacity and professional success of our members.
Film Programmers
Spotlighting some the film programmers in our community who keep the festival circuit exciting.
Emily Ab-Kheirs
Emily is a queer Middle Eastern-American film programmer and producer in the Boston area. She is a Programmer for GBH and the Program Director at Salem Film Fest.
Samah Ali
Samah is a festival and inflight entertainment curator. She is Video Programming Manager for Stellar Entertainment and programs for SFFILM and DOC NYC.
Ivonne Cotorruelo
Ivonne is a Cuban film curator and producer. She is a Features Programmer for Cleveland International Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, Outfest LA and Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.
Faridah Gbadamosi
Faridah is a pop culture-obsessed Senior Programmer for Tribeca Film Festival who is working to make the film space more inclusive.
Khaula Malik
Khaula, a Film Programmer for True/False 2024, is a director and programmer whose work is a practice in resuscitation of our present, historical memory and lived experiences.
Karen McMullen
Karen is the Festival Director and Head of Programming at Urbanworld, a film festival aimed at advancing the multicultural community in media.
Carmen Thompson
Carmen is Scotland-based programmer for Sheffield DocFest, Red Sea Film Festival and Durban FilmMart. She is also Programming & Audience Manager for award-winning company, We Are Parable.
Amada Torruella
Amada is an El Salvador- and US-based curator. Starting as a volunteer at Indie Grits Festival, she has programmed for New Orleans Film Festival, SFFILM, Wildscreen Festival and Alharaca.
Marángeli Mejia Rabell
Marángeli is a Puerto Rican programmer who has served as the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival Director for the past 10 years, supporting the work of Latinx filmmakers.
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