Paula Heredia

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Paula Heredia

Born October 13, 1957 · San Salvador, El Salvador (age 69)

Paula Patricia Heredia Suarez is a filmmaker, writer and photographer born in El Salvador, based in New York City. She studied fine arts at the University of Costa Rica and filmmaking at NYU and has an Arts and Film degree from the State University of New York Empire State College.

Known For

UnzippedUnzipped · 1995
Unzipped
★ 5.41995
MovieDocumentary
Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.
In Memoriam: New York CityIn Memoriam: New York City · 2002
In Memoriam: New York City
★ 7.72002
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
"In Memoriam" is thought-provoking and brings a viewer to tears all over again. Contains some incredible footage not seen elsewhere, including two unbelievable shots of the planes striking the towers. Also contains some new coverage of Rudy Guiliani's actions on the day of the attack - love him or hate him the city couldn't have asked for a better leader that day, and the footage bears this out.
Banking on BitcoinBanking on Bitcoin · 2016
Banking on Bitcoin
★ 6.32016
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Not since the invention of the Internet has there been such a disruptive technology as Bitcoin. Bitcoin's early pioneers sought to blur the lines of sovereignty and the financial status quo. After years of underground development Bitcoin grabbed the attention of a curious public, and the ire of the regulators the technology had subverted. After landmark arrests of prominent cyber criminals Bitcoin faces its most severe adversary yet, the very banks it was built to destroy.
SkydancerSkydancer · 2011
Skydancer
2011
MovieDocumentary
For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called 'sky walkers' because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city. In this nuanced portrait of modern Native Americans' double lives, Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard-drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. While the men are away working, their wives often struggle to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of an economically deprived area.
Alive Day Memories: Home from IraqAlive Day Memories: Home from Iraq · 2007
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
★ 6.02007
MovieDocumentary
In a war that has left more than 25,000 wounded, ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ looks at a new generation of veterans. Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America. The documentary surveys the physical and emotional cost of war through memories of their "alive day," the day they narrowly escaped death in Iraq.
Blood on the WallBlood on the Wall · 2020
Blood on the Wall
★ 5.22020
MovieDocumentary
Explores how Mexico has been shaped by U.S. policies, migrant caravans, drug traffickers and corruption.
Italian LessonsItalian Lessons · 1998
Italian Lessons
★ 10.01998
MovieComedyDrama
Italian Lessons is the touching, humorous story of Caterina, a beautiful young widow who teaches Italian to Peter, a high school student who uses the "language of love" simply to score with girls. Peter's passion for life re-ignites feelings Caterina has not experienced since her husband's death and soon she and the boy are drawn into a strange and special relationship. When a suitor from Italy arrives to propose marriage to Caterina, it becomes apparent that only Peter can release his teacher's heart and make her free to love again.
RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra LeeRX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee · 2018
RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee
2018
MovieDocumentary
A woman’s life becomes dramatically altered when her routine medical check-up delivers a cancer diagnosis.

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The Couple in the CageThe Couple in the Cage · 1993
The Couple in the Cage
★ 7.01993
MovieDocumentaryDrama
A witty satire about cultural stereotyping. In a series of 1992 performances, Coco Fusco and performance co-creator Guillermo Gómez-Peña decked themselves out in primitive costumes and appeared before the public as "undiscovered AmerIndians" locked in a golden cage - an exercise in faux anthropology based on racist images of natives. Presented eight times in four different countries, these simple performances evoked various responses, the most startling being the huge numbers of people who didn't find the idea of "natives" locked in a cage objectionable. This provocative video, directed and produced by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia, suggests that the "primitive" is nothing more than a construction of the West, and uses comic fiction to address historical truths and tragedies.

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