Cecelia Lawless/Open Cinema Consortium Blog

Cecelia Lawless, Open Cinema Blogger

Cecelia Lawless is a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University from where she received her Ph.D. in Compatative Literature. Her interest in film is long-standing. In 1995, she went to Venezuela with a Fulbright to research documentary filmmaking. Since then, she has published and given talks on Latin American film and architecture, with a special focus on Cuba and Venezuela. Her book, Making Home in Havana (Rutgers Press, 2002) is a study of the home space through image and testimonials. She also serves as Latin American curator for FLEFF. She is a founding member of the Open Cinema/Cine Abierto project.