Nefertiti moderates a panel at DOC NYC 2023 festival

On Sunday, November 12, 2023, Nefertiti moderated the 75-minute DOC NYC festival panel “Collaborative Filmmaking, Accessibility and Editing.”

Accessibility is key to inclusive storytelling. This panel explored how to work in collaboration with film participants throughout the editing process, how to incorporate feedback, and how to center accessibility as a cornerstone throughout. Director Alexis Neophytides (Fire Through Dry Grass) and director/producer Set Hernandez and protagonist/co-writer Pedro unseen) discussed their challenges with moderator Nefertiti Matos Olivares (Descriptive Video Works) and some of the ingenious solutions that arose during their own collaborative filmmaking processes.

By Cheryl

An access artist focused on creative, culturally-responsive captions and audio description, podcaster, and filmmaker. 2017 AIR New Voices Scholar, 2020 DOC NYC New Leader, Rockwood Leadership Institute Documentary Fellow 2023, Member at New Day Films since 2016.

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