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Sarah Friedland

A New York based filmmaker, Sarah Friedland received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2003 where she studied film and sociology. She also attended the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and has worked with several filmmakers in the New York area and abroad to produce socially minded and creative films.

Editorial credits: Principal Editor on Free to Fly: the US-- Cuba Link, a documentary by the award-winning director Estela Bravo, La Memoria es Vaga by Katie Halper, Las diarias porcelanas by La Vaughn Belle, Assistant Editor on The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo by Amy Stechler.

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New York based filmmaker Sarah Friedland received a BA in film and sociology from Sarah Lawrence College in 2003; she attended the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and has worked with filmmakers in New York and abroad on socially minded and creative films. Editorial credits include Principal Editor on Free to Fly: the US— Cuba Link, a documentary by the award-winning director Estela Bravo; La Memoria es Vaga by Katie Halper; Las diarias porcelanas by La Vaughn Belle; she was Assistant Editor on The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo by Amy Stechler.

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Last modified 17 June 2011

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