contributors
For all general inquiries about this project, please e-mail info@rhythmicuprising.org
Production
Benjamin Watkins
Director, Co-producer
Benjamin Watkins has developed this project thus far and is highly committed to seeing it through. He is currently networking and fundraising globally. Feel free to contact him with any ideas of collaboration or contribution.
www.multimediabenjamin.com | ben@rhythmicuprising.org
Paulo Rogério Nunes
Co-producer
Rogério is a perfect co-producer. Through his role as founder and Executive Director of the Insituto de Mídia Étnica, he's extremely well connected in both the indie media and black movements of Bahia.
Eliciana Santos do Nascimento
Videographer, Media-Maker
Eliciana has been there in our most critical hours of filming. Being 100% Bahian, she has the perfect combination of sensibility, technical knowledge, and cultural understanding to make an indispensable asset to the team.
Greg Swingle
Volunteer Videographer, Media Maker
In our August 2004 scout, Greg was our principal camera operator. Greg is currently a media production professional working in Boulder, Colorado and has pledged on-going contribution to the project.
www.gregswingle.com | greg@gregswingle.com
André Santana
Line Producer
André Santana is a journalist and Director of Communication at the Instituto de Mídia Étnica. He currently works for the Secretary of Reparations in Salvador which acts to combat racism in the ciity. André played a critical part in for the project - covering Circo Picolino's most important annual events. O e-mail do André
Video Volunteers
Jessica Mayberry
Director, Video Volunteers
After working in broadcast television, Jessica founded Video Volunteers to unite volunteer filmmakers with NGOs in developing countries. Jessica lends the well-tested Video Volunteers model to the Rhythmic Uprising project. www.videovolunteers.org | Jessica's e-mail
Bill Delano
Volunteer Videographer and Video Trainer
Bill is an experienced documentary filmmaker who derives life's greatest satisfaction empowering others with the ability to shoot and share their own stories using today's newest technologies. He led video training with kids at Bejê Eró. Bill's e-mail
Judy Durkin
Volunteer Translator and Video Trainer
Judy is a native Brazilian currently living in Washington, DC. She decided to come to Brazil and satisfy her passion for Salvador, performing arts and teaching children by teaching a video workshop at Beje Eró.
Judy's e-mail
Kemi Adeyemi
Volunteer Translato
Kemi spent time studying race in Salvador this year. While there, Kemi was a key part of our success at Didá where she translated video and audio editing classes with Greg Swingle. She's now back at Macalester college in Minnesota focusing on the performance of race in globalized spaces. Kemi's e-mail
Alison Fast
Video Volunteers Coordinator for Brazil
Alison has devoted herself to media advocacy after working for years in reality programming for MTV, VH1, National Geographic, PBS and others. As the VV coordinator in Brazil, she piloted a program in Rio de Janeiro where she produced videos for the nonprofits Viva Rio and AMAR. Alison's e-mail
Research
Keiko Tamura
Research Coordinator
Taking time from her busy schedule as a production coordinator in New York City, Keiko enriches the project with valuable contacts and information. She's driven by her love for the children and staff at Circo Picolino.
Andrew Callard
Researcher, Interviewer
Passionate about investigating musical traditions in Bahia, Andrew conducted most of the interviews we taped in our August scout. Andrew is a high-school teacher and professional musician living in Washington DC.
Communications
Isabel Barreto
Translator
A Rio native, Isabel is now an event and production planner in Washington DC. She's helped out in the US as a Portuguese translator - instrumental in interpreting e-mails, subtitles, web pages and more.
www.beladesigns.com | isabel@beladesigns.com
Jamylle Menezes Santos
Translator
On top of being fluent in English and Portuguese, Jamylle is a communications professional with a background in both production and social change. She's translating everything from training manuals to subtitles.
Jason Garber
Podcast and Website Developer
Jason's a web titan, photographer and musician. He's helping the project embrace the incredible opportunities that new internet technologies provide. He's a great friend to have on the front lines of the global media revolution.
Jussara Valim
Translator, Journalist, Local Guide
During our scout in August, 2004, Jussara was both our translator and local expert in Bahia. She is currently working in Spain on Bahia-related projects.
Advisors
Obianuju Anya
Brazilianist - focus on Afro-Brazilian Identity
"Uju" has a great perspective on race, culture, and African religions in the Americas. She was born in Nigeria, educated in the US and has been deeply drawn to Brazil. She holds a Master's in Brazilian Studies at Brown University and was a visiting graduate scholar at the University of São Paulo where she also worked for Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra. Uju's e-mail
Christopher Dunn
Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University
Christopher has studied, taught, and reported on Bahian popular music through radio programs (PRI's Afropop Worldwide), journal articles, and books. He's had a particular focus on the Tropicalia movement lead by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil which is detailed in his book, Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. Tulane website | Chistopher's e-mail
Kathy Eldon
Co-Founder, Creative Visions Foundation
In her prolific life, Kathy Eldon has worked as an art teacher, television presenter, magazine editor, journalist, media consultant and a television and film producer in Kenya, England and the United States. Kathy and her daughter Amy are the founders of the Creative Visions Foundation which is empowering this project through their mentorship and fiscal sponsorship. Creative Visions website
Amy Eldon
Co-Founder, Creative Visions Foundation
Amy Eldon was born in England, grew up in Nairobi, Kenya and London, and has traveled to over 40 countries. She's collaborated with PBS, CNN, and Turner Broadscasting on several award-winning documentary products. Amy is currently producing GlobalTribeNet, a dynamic new volunteer website for young people wishing to "Be the Change" they wish to see in the world around them. Creative Visions website | GlobalTribeNet
Frederick Moehn
Assistant Professor of Music, Stony Brook University
Frederick teaches music at Stony Brook University (SUNY) with a particular focus on Brazil, Latin America, Africa, and the topics of music and race, and music technologies. He is writing a book entitled Mixing MPB: Cannibals
and Cosmopolitans in Brazilian Popular Music (Duke University Press, forthcoming).
SUNY website | Frederick's e-mail
Bryan McCann
Assistant Professor of History (Brazilian Society and Culture), Georgetown University
Building on his PhD dissertation (Yale, 1999), Bryan has published Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil. He's helped us understand Brazilian popular culture's impact on social development.
Georgetown website | Bryan's e-mail
Phillip Wagner
Founder and Director, The Rhythm of Hope in Brazil
Through his website and first-hand experience as a volunteer and professional journalist in Bahia, Phillip has built an international community that is rallying in support of the grass-roots organizations we are featuring. He continues to impact this project by granting his experienced insight and fostering positive connections.
www.rhythmofhope.org | Phillip's e-mail