Irene

Location
Tokyo
About Irene
Irene Herrera, PhD(c) is a Venezuelan photographer, documentary filmmaker, journalist, and professor at Temple University Tokyo. Among her documentary works are 'Gaijin no Honne' (2004), 'You Can Call Me Nikkie' (2008), 'Women in Refugee: Stories from a Border' (2009), 'Crossing Hispaniola' (2010), and 'Spirits to Enlightenment' (2012). Irene has also been an active collaborator, producer, and director for the Lebanon and Japan Chapters of the Global Lives Project. In 2008, she was a fellow at the Flaherty Film Seminar and, in 2009, a Resident Professional at the Knight Center for International Media. Her films and have been shown at numerous festivals, universities, museums, and art centers in the U.S. and abroad, including the Asian American International Film Festival, the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival, the United Nations Association Film Festival, the Boston Latino International Film Festival, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and Southwest Arts Festival. Irene often explores issues of gender, statelessness, refugees, and mobility. Her work and love for travel have taken her to over 45 countries where she has learned 5 languages. She lives and works in her hometown Tokyo, when not filming and shooting further afield.
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