Nō Boundaries is a showcase for filmmakers on the rise with a vision – a vision that conquers budget, resource and time constraints with relentless drive, boundless imagination, and faith. These are filmmakers with Nō Boundaries.

Nō Boundaries is a showcase for filmmakers on the rise with a vision – a vision that conquers budget, resource and time constraints with relentless drive, boundless imagination, and faith.

These are filmmakers with Nō Boundaries.

The first installment of this series will feature a discussion with Marquise Mays (The Heartland), Allison A. Waite (The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins), & Christine Turner (Homegoings).

This event will be moderatoed by Claudia Puig.

Claudia Puig is the president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a longtime critic on NPR’s Film Week. She teaches a college class on Diversity in the Media and is in demand as a moderator and speaker on film-related panels. She is currently Senior Programmer for AFI Fest and program director for the Mendocino Film Festival. In addition, Claudia has a film consulting business specializing in cultural consulting. Previously, she was USA Today’s film critic for 15 years. During that time, she also hosted The Screening Room video series and wrote film reviews and analytical articles about the film industry. Before that, she was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times for 11 years covering city government, courts and the entertainment industry. She has been a speechwriter and diversity consultant for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A native Spanish speaker, Claudia has a B.A. in Communication Studies from UCLA and an M.A. in Communications Management from USC. She also studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times as one of the 14 film critics making media more inclusive, in Indiewire as one of 20 Latin Americans making a difference in American independent film, and is the winner of the Roger Ebert Award for Excellence in Film Criticism from the African-American Critics Association.

For more information on the filmmakers, their work, and Nō Boundaries, please visit www.nostudios.com/no-boundaries

This event is FREE and open to the public