Patricia Aufderheide is University Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C. She founded the School's Center for Media & Social Impact, where she continues as Senior Research Fellow. Her books include Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright (University of Chicago), with Peter Jaszi; Documentary: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford), The Daily Planet (University of Minnesota Press), and Communications Policy in the Public Interest (Guilford Press). She has been a Fulbright Research Fellow twice, in Brazil ...

Meridian Hill Pictures (MHP) is an award-winning team of filmmakers and educators dedicated to producing documentaries from diverse community perspectives through an innovative participatory approach. Proudly based in Washington DC and co-founded by brothers Brandon and Lance Kramer, MHP’s films advance dialogue and impact broad audiences. For more information visit meridianhillpictures.com.

I've been a WIFV member since 2018 which has majorly helped me in moving forward towards my career that I now have as a doctoral candidate at George Mason University where I specialize in using cinema as a cultural studies tool. I am constantly trying to find avenues of exhibition for under-seen films and am currently in the process of creating a national and accessible archive of Puerto Rican cinema. Hopefully by the end of my program, there will be offices in DC and PR that will be dedicated towards this. I love film, I love supporting filmmakers, and I am so thankful for everything this ...