We're living through a moment where the gains we thought were secure – from DEI initiatives to diverse voices in media – are being systematically dismantled. This panel brings together some of the...
Karen McMullen
Based in New York City, Karen McMullen is the Festival Director/Head of Programming at Urbanworld and Senior Programmer at DOC NYC film festivals. Previously, she was Lead Curator for New Voices in Black Cinema and Head of Programming for TIDE Film Festival, a FeaturesProgrammer at Tribeca Festival and on the programming team at Sundance Film Festival. She has been a juror at Pan African, Trinidad + Tobago, Thessaloniki International Documentary, Cleveland International, and Bentonville film festivals, and on the nominating committees for Gotham Awards, Carey Institute, Black Public Media, Film Independent Spirit Awards and Cinema Eye Honors. Karen conducts panels and interviews for HBO, Netflix, Apple, NY African Film Festival, and others. She has editing credits on features and short films, and was a professor of film post-production at Long Island University. Karen graduated from Brown University with concentrations in French Studies and International Relations.
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