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BETSY A. MCLANE McLane is an American professor and researcher. She is former Director of Projects of The American Documentary Showcase, a project of the Department of Cultural and Educational Affairs of the Department of State of the USA. She was part of the Advisory Board of the National Film Registry of the American Library of Congress. She is author of the book “A New History of Documentary Film” which is studied in university classrooms around the world.

CESAR CHARLONE Born in Uruguay and based in Brazil, Charlone is a filmmaker and director of photography. He has lectured at the International School of Cinema and Television of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. As director of photography, he was nominated for an Oscar for “City of God” (2002) and nominated for a Bafta for “The Constant Gardener” (2005). He also directed “O Banheiro do Papa” (2006) in partnership with Enrique Fernandez and “Artigas, la Redota” (2009).

MICHA X. PELED A documentary filmmaker, Peled was born in Israel and is based in the USA. He made his first film in 1992, based on his mother’s history: “Will my mother go back to Berlin”, for the German TV network WDR. Winner of over 20 international awards, he has just finished the Globalization Trilogy, an ambitious project that took 12 years and includes the films “Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town” (2001); “China Blue” (2005) and “Bitter Seeds” (2011).