In a Whisper (A media voz)

Patricia Pérez Fernández received a degree in Drama from Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). After completing her time at ISA, she continued her training at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, where she received her diploma in Film Directing in 2002. In 2003, she was awarded a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC) and migrated to Spain. Since then, she has made several fiction short films and documentaries. Currently, she is a staff member of DOCMA (Spain’s Documentary Producers Association). A media voz (In a Whisper) is her debut as a full-length documentary director, made in collaboration with Heidi Hassan.

Cristina Venegas is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies where she teaches courses related to history, criticism and theory with an emphasis on Latin American film and media. She is the author of Digital Dilemmas: The State, the Individual and Digital Culture in Cuba (Rutgers, 2010), a Choice Book Award recipient and is co-editor of Digital Activism, Community Media, and Sustainable Communication in Latin America (Palgrave, 2020). Her current book project is titled Julio García Espinosa and the Imperfect Imagination which examines the global legacy of the eponymous Cuban filmmaker’s (1926-2016) theory, creative practice and cultural work. She is co-editor of the Media Matters book series for Rutgers University Press.