Emergent City

BrendaAvila-Hanna

Brenda Ávila-Hanna is a filmmaker and educator from Mexico City currently living in California. Her work has been showcased at HotDocs, Lakino Berlin, HBO, PBS, Fusion Network and more. Brenda was part of the inaugural cohort of DOC NYC’s “Documentary Industry New Leaders” and a 2021 Rockwood/Just Films Fellow. She is a member-owner of the film distribution cooperative New Day Films and a co-director of the Video Consortium MX. Brenda is a programmer and Artist Development lead for the Watsonville Film Festival and a Research Fellow and Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz.

JayArthurSterrenberg

Jay Arthur Sterrenberg is a Brooklyn-based director and editor whose work has been broadcast on PBS, HBO, & Netflix and screened at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin & IDFA His editing credits include Academy Award short-listed 'Dark Money' (POV), Emmy winning 'Trophy' (CNN Films) and Academy Award short-listed 'After Maria' (Netflix) Jay is a founder of the award-winning, Sunset Park-based Meerkat Media Collective and a member-owner of New Day Films cooperative where he began collaborating with co-director Kelly Anderson & producer Brenda Avila-Hanna As a director, his short observational documentary 'Public Money' premiered in the inaugural f POV Sh t

KellyAnderson

Kelly Anderson is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker whose documentaries include 'My Brooklyn' (America ReFramed), 'Every Mother's Son' (POV/ITVS), and 'Out At Work' (HBO) Her work has received the Tribeca Audience Award, a GLAAD Award, and a national Emmy nomination. She currently chairs the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College.