Bennie Klain

Lost Tribes

This documentary feature explores the quintessential American issues of free speech and ethnic pride against the backdrop of the Columbus Day parade controversy in Denver, Colorado.

Lost Tribes explores the quintessential issues of free speech and ethnic pride through the ongoing Columbus Day parade controversy in Denver, Colorado. Characters and narratives violently collide as Native Americans and Italian-Americans contest the ownership of history, free speech, and what it means to be an “American.”  The presentation includes a clip and discussion, as well as plans for outreach and completion.

Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain is founding partner of Austin, Texas-based production company TricksterFilms.  Bennie recently directed and co-produced Weaving Worlds, a feature documentary that premiered at SXSW 2007 and was broadcast on PBS in 2009.  Bennie received his BS degree from the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas-Austin.

Camila Martins

The Row

Beyond the picturesque beaches of Malibu and the spotless shopping havens of Beverly Hills, we discover the abject poverty, drug abuse, and broken lives of a forgotten neighborhood, Skid Row.

The Row is a feature-length documentary about America’s most poverty-stricken and seemingly hopeless fifty square blocks: Skid Row, in downtown Los Angeles. As the neighborhood undergoes a major transformation in the face of its fast-moving gentrification, we see through the eyes of its homeless residents how these changes affect them.  The presentation will include clips, discussion and plans for outreach.

Camila Martins began her directing career with an award-winning short documentary entitled Chains - a look at the history of hip-hop from its Jamaican roots to the streets of the Bronx. Born and raised in Brazil, Camila is now based in Los Angeles, where she has been working extensively in TV commercial production for clients such as Gatorade, Proctor & Gamble, and MacDonald's.  Martins was part of the 2008 Tribeca All Access program with her project The Row.

Michael Golamco

Please Stand By

She has to leave her world behind -- and find a way to live in ours.

To prove to her sister that she can take care of herself, a young woman with autism goes on the road to Los Angeles to deliver her entry for a Star Trek screenplay competition. 
Join screenwriter Michael Golamco as he recounts this unique road story about an unlikely heroine trying to make her way back home.

Michael Golamco writes for both stage and screen.  His plays have been produced and published across America and internationally.  His latest play Year Zero world premieres this fall at Chicago's Victory Gardens; he has also been awarded a new commission from South Coast Rep.  For more on Mike's work, please visit www.michaelgolamco.com.