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Malia Bruker

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Malia Bruker is a filmmaker and Associate Professor at Florida State University. Bruker’s work evades categorization—she has made award-winning documentaries, dance films, and immersive projects, and work that blends these genres. Recent projects have delved into collective healing from sexual trauma, the struggles of anti-imperialist workers in Haiti, and the creative process of a self-proclaimed feminist nihilist artist. Her work has screened at venues like International Film Festival Rotterdam, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Antimatter Video Art, Berlin Feminist Film Week and American Dance Festival, and her recent 360-degree film Threshold won awards at Chelsea Film Festival and FilmGate Interactive. She is currently a Getting Real Fellow and the Executive Vice President of University Film and Video Association. Bruker also co-founded the Tallahassee Bail Fund in May 2020, which she continues to help run.

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