Sean Ferry
is an award winning video director
and producer in the Bay Area. He has worked
for several years in corporate video, but has
focused his attention towards documentary film.
He is currently head of the production group Four
Ones Media. He has a BA in communications
from the University of Wisconsin and a postgraduate
degree in Urban Journalism, from La
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín
Colombia. His Thesis project "Circular Coonatra"
chronicled the urban landscape of Medellín,
using public transportation as its lens.
Daniel Mosquera
is an associate professor
of Spanish and Latin American studies in the
dept. of Modern Languages at Union College,
Schenectady, NY. He does research, teaches,
and has published work on popular religion,
colonial Latin American studies and history. He
has received research grants from the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation, NEH, and the Mellon Foundation.
His work on popular religion explores the
convergence of popular Christianity, politics and
ethnic identity and cultures. More specifically,
his work focuses on Mexican colonial (Nahua)
indigenous communities and the afro-descendent
peoples of Chocó, Colombia. In addition to
the documentary he is working on a book about
the social history of the afro-descendent feast of
San Pacho.