About

Born in Asuncion, Paraguay, Bettina Escauriza is a filmmaker, journalist, and artist based in Philadelphia. Her work deals with Indigenous knowledge (specifically Guarani epistemologies), colonization, anarchism, autonomous practices, urbanism, and exile. Bettina does international human rights work at the United Nations, focusing specifically on the role of Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous knowledge in mitigating the climate crisis.

Bettina is a Sundance Knight Foundation Fellow, a Flaherty Seminar Fellow, a BlackStar Film Festival Philadelphia Filmmaker Fellow, an Almanack Screenwriters October Fellow, an Open Immersion Virtual Reality Creative Development Lab Fellow, a Research and Curatorial Fellow at Slought (UPenn), and an IEar Fellow (RPI).

Contact: bettina.escauriza@gmail.com