The Flaherty is excited to announce that researcher and film curator from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Janaína Oliveira will be the 2020 Flaherty Seminar Programmer.
Janaína Oliveira holds a Ph.D. in History, professor at the IFRJ (Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro) and Fulbright Scholar at the Center for African Studies at Howard University in Washington D.C. She is currently head programmer of the Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul (Black Cinema Festival Zózimo Bulbul / Brazil) and FINCAR (International Festival of Filmmakers / Brazil). She is an advisor for African and the Black Diaspora films for the International Festival of Locarno (Switzerland) and part of APAN (Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals). Oliveira is founder and coordinator of FICINE, the Black Cinema Itinerant Forum (www.ficine.org).
