Fireside Chat: Set Hernandez and Leonard Cortana Member Only

Set Hernandez built their directorial debut, unseen, from the ground up as a film designed to be equitably enjoyed by blind and sighted audiences alike, then used audience impact research to make the economic and civic case for films that serve communities the industry has yet to take seriously. Leonard Cortana—scholar, filmmaker, op-ed writer and doctoral researcher—came to documentary through humanitarian work before channeling that formation into building BIPOC EURODOC, a collective infrastructure for producers navigating an international ecosystem. What connects them is a shared refusal to wait, to ask permission, to soften the critique, while possessing an irrepressible energy to confront what ails us. This conversation brings them together to talk about the provocation of impact and what it actually takes to keep going.