Bronx Burning
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2007
Logline
A look at the tragic events and misguided policies that led to the destruction of a borough, and the residents who chose to stay and re-claim their neighborhoods.
Edwin Pagán
Director, Producer
Edwin Pagán is a New York-based filmmaker with a range of experience in documentary and narrative films. He has produced Sangre/ Blood, Rendezvous, Scar Tissue, and line-roduced Beauty. His director of photography credits include Lost Love, The Reckoning, Brother, Flitter Flutter, For the Record: Guam and World War II, Our Women, Our Struggle, and Latina Confessions. He was the Conference Programmer for the 27th IFP Market & Conference in 2005, and worked as Grants Coordinator at the Bronx Council of the Arts, and Marketing Manger at the Association of Hispanic Arts. An active member of the Media Coalition for Artist of Color and president of the New York chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). He has curated the NewLatino Filmmakers Series at the Anthology FIlm Archives for the past six years, and currently serves as the Program Manager at the Black Filmmakers Foundation.
Bienvenida Matías
Producer
Bienvenida Matías is the former executive director of the Association of Independent Video and Film (AIVF) and the Center for Arts Criticism (CAC). Prior to CAC, she was Director of Production at the Independent Television Service and Executive-in-Charge of Production at WNYC-TV. Her producer credits include public television and independent documentaries, including El Corazon De Loisaida. She served on the boards of AIVF, Intermedia Arts Minnesota, and Woman Make Movies, and has taught at Hunter College's Film and Media Department.