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Valeria Salinas Toro

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Valeria Salinas Toro is a Creative Technologist, Producer, and Visual Artist. Their interest lies in Afrofuturism, sustainability, community engagement, and speculative design. Their practice spans through various material experimentations such as ceramics, audio-visual interactions, 3D digital art, and film.

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American Film Showcase: A 'Journey' to Morocco
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Checking in at Sundance's Filmmaker Lodge: Hybrid Forms, Documentarians' Ethics and the Politics of Fear Discussed
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Blogville: New Advancements for the Doc Digerati
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Full Frame Earns Renown as Filmmakers' Festival
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Exiled in America: Muhammad Ali's Toughest Fight
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The IDA Supports #FreeAJstaff
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Sounding Out Documentaries
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University of California at Santa Cruz Master's Program in Social Documentation
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Politics on Parade in Park City: Sundance Films Focus on Subjects Who Bucked the US System
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Passions—But Is It Truth?
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You Are What You Shoot: The Autodocumentary
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CAAMFest 2014: Asian American Showcase Brings Rich Spectrum of Docs to the Bay Area
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IDA and FIND Present their Case on Orphan Works to the House Judiciary Committee
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Sound Minded: Dolby Institute Promotes Audio as a Storytelling Tool
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A Trove of Docs in the Treasure State: Big Sky Fest Draws Droves to Montana
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The Challenges of 'Empire' Building: East Meets West in New Historical Miniseries
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Documentary Production Insurance: Don't Shoot Away from Home without It
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From Short Ends to the Long View: Dean Focuses on Fundraising
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Behind Your Film's Soundtrack: The Important Role of the Music Supervisor
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Dances with Lions: Documentarian Gladiators Pitch for Their Lives
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Keeping Your Film's Soundtrack on Track: Why You May Need a Music Supervisor
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Through the Lens: 'Finding Vivian Maier' Uncovers an Artist and Her Art
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A Historical Perspective: History Channel Series Focuses on the Facts Behind Fictional Feature Films
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Shooting Amidst the Shooting: Doc-Making in War Zones
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Challenging the Believing-Is-Seeing Mindset: Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld and 'The Unknown Known'
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RealScreen Rashomon: Annual Doc Summit Represents Many Things to Many Attendees
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Aural Fixations: Creating Sound and Music for Docs
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Q&A with Nuria Ibáñez, Director of 'The Naked Room'
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Hybrid Reality: When Documentary and Fiction Breed to Create a Better Truth
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The Battle of the Bands: Art vs Commerce: 'DIG!' and 'Metallica: Some Kind of Monster' Are about More Than the Music
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A Greek Week for Documentaries: Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
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SXSW Panels: Unbranded Content, Storyworlds, Toolkits and Crowdfunding
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SXSW Music Docs: Britpop Reunions, Post-Alt Road Trips, Blues Survivors
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Speaking Truth to Power: 'Anita' Tells a Tale of Transformation
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SXSW Documentaries: Invisible, Underwater, on Trapezes and Trees
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Compelling, Complex, Complicated: Documentary Diplomacy in the Middle East
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True/False: A Filmmaker's Fiesta
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Before 'Cosmos,' There Was 'Time': Morris' 'Brief History' Reissued by Criterion
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The Dos and Don'ts of Selling Your Documentary
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Sneak Peek: Inside the Spring Issue of 'Documentary' Magazine
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'20 Feet from Stardom,' 'The Lady in Number 6' Win Documentary Oscars
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Meet the Oscar-Nominated Filmmakers: Jehane Noujaim, Director, 'The Square'
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Charlotte Zwerin: 1931-2004
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Africa Unite! PAFF Mainstreams the Black Experience
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HBO Sports Goes the Distance
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Meet the Oscar-Nominated Filmmakers: Edgar Barens, Director, 'Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall '
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Meet the Oscar-Nominated Filmmakers: Jason Cohen, Director/Producer, 'Facing Fear '
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A Cambodian 'Night and Fog': Filmmaker Rithy Panh Takes on the Khmer Rouge Genocide
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Docs That Really Rock: Music Documentaries Go Beyond the Performance
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Don't Succumb to Scratch Track Fever! And Other Recommendations from Sundance's Panel on Music for Documentaries
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