Pam Sporn Explained

Pam Sporn is a filmmaker and teacher. Her documentaries have won several film festival awards.

Career

Her work has covered such topics as Cuban cigar rollers, an annual dance, and the story of a family that emigrated from Cuba to the United States, as well as "homelessness, teen pregnancy and police brutality."^{[1] [2]}

Films

• "Disobeying Orders: GI Resistance to the Vietnam War"
• "Cuban Roots, Bronx Stories"
• "Con El Toque de la Chavetta" ("With the Stroke of the Chavetta")
• "Recordando El Mamoncillo" ("Remembering the Mamoncillo Tree")
• "Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route"

Awards

• 1997 BRIO award
• 2007 BRIO award
• 2008 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival's Jury Award for Best Documentary Short for "Con El Toque de la Chavetta" ("With the Stroke of the Chavetta")^[3]
• 2010 BRIO award^[4]

References

1. Jose Martinez "Film opens Saturday in Bronx" Daily News Sunday, April 22, 2001 http://articles.nydailynews.com/2001-04-22/local/18169485_1_south-bronx-building-carlos-foster-cuban-roots
2. Cassandra Lizaire "Filmmaker Celebrates Cuban Tradition, Receives Arts Award," Norwood News June 28, 2007 http://www.norwoodnews.org/id=625&story=filmmaker-celebrates-cuban-tradition-receives-arts-award/
3. "11th Cine Las Americas Winners" Web site: 11 th Cine las Americas Winners . 2011-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327174129/http://cinelasamericas.org/2008/ . 2012-03-27 .
4. Bronx Council on the Arts (list of 2010 BRIO winners) http://www.bronxarts.org/awardee_all.asp?SelCategory=15:2010&selSubcategory2=2