Luisa Dantas
Photo: Chicken & Egg Films
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Brazilian-American filmmaker Luisa Dantas has worked on a wide array of documentary and narrative projects in the U.S. and Brazil. Her most recent project, Land of Opportunity, chronicles the reconstruction of New Orleans through the eyes of those on the front lines. Luisa also co-produced the acclaimed documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, and directed and produced the web-series Voices From the Gulf for Color of Change. She teaches screenwriting and documentary filmmaking at Tulane University. Luisa holds a BA from Brown University and an M.F.A in Film from Columbia University.

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