Guenny K. Pires
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He is a Cape Verdean award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer, and film/digital media professor. He is the first native-born Cape Verdean to write, direct, and produce documentary and narrative films about Cape Verde and African Diaspora. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles and founded Txan Film Productions & Visual Arts. For 26 years, Guenny has made films that relentlessly echo identity and social justice questions. Guenny holds a Master's in Audiovisual and Communication Arts from Porto University in Portugal and a master's in Fine Arts in Film, Television, and Photography from Mount Saint Ma...
