Celeste Carrasco
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Tribeca All Access® 2008
About
Native of Barcelona, Spain. Ms. Carrasco started her film career as First Assistant Director in a 35mm feature film Honey, I've Sent the Men to the Moon directed by Marta Balletbó, with theatrical release in Spain and the U.S. She lived in the United States from 1997 to 2002, when the Smithsonian Institution sponsored her to conduct research in the Film and Media Department at The Exploratorium - Museum of Arts and Science in San Francisco. She was the Production Manager and Additional Videographer in Señorita Extraviada directed by Lourdes Portillo and a Producer of Both, the award winning narrative feature directed by Lisset Barcellos. For the last 3 years Ms. Carrasco has combined her film work with theater working n the Technical Department of the Madrid Opera House.
She Wants to be a Matador
As a woman, being a matador not only means facing an angry bull charging at you at full speed but also fighting the prejudice and preconception of gender roles.