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Wendy P. Espinal

Miami, Florida, United States
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Bio

Creative producer, filmmaker and cultural manager. She bases her work on research, process and meaning.

She specializes in the territories of non-fiction, developing audiovisual and cultural projects with a strong conviction about the power of art in social and personal changes.

The Caribbean and its multiple roots and diasporas are at the core of her research and artistic connections.

She has been part of award-winning feature films such as Cocote, Canción a Una Dama en la Sombra, Nieta de mi Abuela, La Fiera y la Fiesta, El Silencio del Viento, El Rey de la Habana, El Cosmonauta; and documentary series such as VPRO's "From Bahía to Brooklyn", ALJAZEERA's "Dreams Without Borders" and Dominican Republic's 1st Lady's Office's "100 Stories", as well as Netflix's "The Crown", HBO's "Westworld", Amazon's "El Presidente" and Vince Gillighan's "Wycaro".

Her film work has been supported by Sundance, IDA, Chicken & Egg, IDA, Locarno Open Doors, World Cinema Fund, Visions Sud'Est, ARTEKino, Ibermedia, CNC - DEENTAL @ Cannes Marché du Film Producers on the Spotlight, Cinemart Rotterdam, Berlinale EFM, Talents Guadalajara, Fonprocine, ICAA Spain, ICEC Catalonia, UN Women, MAFIZ Málaga, FIDOCS, DocumentaPro, Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménez, DOC:CO ¡Acción! Impact Lab, Nodo Sur Impact Forum, among other international organizations.

She has also been part of the selection committee of the Hubert Bals Development Fund, Peru's DAFO Documentary Fund, Uruguay's ACAU Minority Coproduction Fund, the EURODOC network and the founding board of ACÚ - Dominican Association of Documentary Filmmakers. She also has collaborated with organizations such as DocumentaMadrid, Casa de América, Círculo de Bellas Artes, MIDBO, Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, Festival Ícaro, Doctubre DOCSMX, Círculo de Industria de Mesoamérica, San Francisco Exploratorium and Musée de Beaux Arts de Montreal.