Directors/Producers: Marian Carrasquero, Jean-Philippe Dobrin
Description:
Told through the journeys of two expecting mothers seeking safety in
Colombia, Irse is a window into the Venezuelan exodus and its
impact on families.
Biography:
Marian Carrasquero is
a Venezuelan documentary photographer, filmmaker, and journalist. She
received her BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and
Design in 2016 and her master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking
from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2019. Her work has
been featured by NPR, Al Jazeera, and HuffPost,
and she is a frequent contributor to The
New York Times. She has
reported internationally in India, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico.
She believes that the most powerful work is made at the intersection
of art and journalism, and is especially drawn to documenting stories
relating to immigration, health, gender, and race.
Jean-Philippe Dobrin is
a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in the San Francisco
Bay Area, California. For over a decade, he has specialized in human
interest stories for non-profit, advertising, and editorial outlets.
His work has been published by The
New York Times, Time magazine, KQED and the International Rescue Committee. He has worked
in India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, South
America, and around the United States to capture visuals of everyday
life.
