Judith Escalona

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Judith Escalona is an American filmmaker, writer, and web site producer.^{[citation needed]}

She is the founder and executive director of the web site, Puerto Rico and the American Dream, (www.prdream.com), and MediaNoche, (www.medianoche.us), a new media loft offering exhibition space and residencies for artists working in digital media. Ms. Escalona's has a background in new media with work in film, television and print.^{[citation needed]}

Ms. Escalona is a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and of the New York New Media Association.^{[citation needed]}

1 Award
2 Work
3 Television
4 Translator
5 See also
6 External link

[edit] Award

She was designated, in 2000, a "Distinguished Latina" by El Diario/La Prensa; this ranks among the oldest Spanish language newspapers in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Work

"The Krutch" is a 30-minute, narrative film, which she wrote, directed, and edited. It is the surreal story of a Puerto Rican psychoanalyst with an identity problem. "The Krutch" screened in 2004 and 2005 at the Harlemwood Film Festival, NY and Japan; the Havana Film Festival; Loisaida Cortos, NY; and African American Women in Cinema, NY, as well as other festivals.^{[citation needed]}

She is currently shooting a new narrative film, entitled "Bx3M", the story of three Latinos youths coming of age in a city going up in flames.^{[citation needed]}

Ms. Escalona contributes regularly to VIVA, a publication of the Daily News, and to the Quarterly Black Review. She is the former film critic of the online publication Womensnet.net. In addition, Ms.Escalona curates various film programs, both on-line and off-line. She curated the Nuyorican Cinema program, a program which was screened as part of the New York Latino Film and Video Festival. The program continues online, and is accompanied by two essays of hers.^{[citation needed]}

Ms. Escalona teaches film, and television production, at The City College of the City University of New York.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Television

Ms. Escalona has worked in broadcast, cable, and corporate television, having both produced or directed more than 50 item of various genres. She was project director in the creation of Starrett City Television, a television broadcast facility located in Brooklyn, NY.^{[citation needed]}

In the capacity of Studio Director she trained students in the craft of television broadcasting, and developed numerous programs for Starrett City's community of over 15,000 residents. These programs included "Sessions" a jazz and latin television series which she both produced and directed. Musicians citywide participated in live jam sessions at the studio.^{[citation needed]}

"A Poet’s Visit", produced and directed by Ms.Escalona, was one of the first television series to feature urban poets.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Translator

As authorized translator, she translated the popular Puerto Rican literary work of Luis López Nieves, the work entitled, Seva: The History of the First U.S. Invasion of the Island of Puerto Rico, May 1898.^{[citation needed]}