Director: Mary Skinner Producers: Mary Skinner, Toni Gooch
Description: Cuba, Cubano, Canibano explores the masterful photographs of Cuban photographer Raul Canibano for an American audience. In the film, Canibano talks about his life and work, Foothill College photography professor Ron Herman and other photographers discuss what makes these photographs extraordinary.
Biography:
California filmmaker Mary Skinner produced and directed In the Name of Their Mothers, about Polish heroine Irena Sendler who organized a conspiracy of young women during World War II to save hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto. In 2011 it was broadcast on National PBS and went on to win the Gracie Award for best documentary produced and directed by a woman for public television. In 2012 Skinner directed and produced a short film about Microsoft Education Award winner TeachAIDS. At the Midpen Media Center, she produces a regular program about Poland and Central Europe.
