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Angie Reza Tures

On Film Contributor

Angie Reza Tures has worked in independent film since 2003 after graduating from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in Media Studies and minor in Music. For twelve years, she worked as an independent doc producer, director, and editor in the Bay Area working with award-winning documentary filmmakers. In 2011, Angie moved back to her hometown of El Paso, Texas where she co-founded the Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase in 2016 and served as Executive Director until 2023. Since 2020, the organization has received support from the Ford Foundation, Sundance Institute, Perspective Fund, and Constellations grant from the Center for Cultural Power. She is a 2022 Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellow, a fellowship supported by the Ford Foundation. In 2023, she spoke on behalf of Femme Frontera at TEDxElPaso. The same year, she also served as a SXSW juror for the Texas Shorts program. In 2023, she will complete her first narrative script.

-Biography from the Femme Frontera Webpage: https://www.femmefrontera.org/staff-1#femmes-frontera