Ligaiya Romero

Ligaiya Romero (they/he) is a trans non-binary documentary filmmaker and visual artist, working with collective memory and the decolonial imagination. They directed the film, Becoming the Moon, about Filipino American artist, Maia Cruz Palileo, for PBS American Masters and Firelight Media. They were also the Video Producer & Editor for The Argus Project, a transmedia documentary on police violence and citizen counter-surveillance. The project was a collaboration with CopWatch NYC, supported by Tribeca New Media Fund, and presented at Tribeca Film Festival. Ligaiya was a Firelight Media Documentary Lab fellow, a CAAM fellow, and a Karen Schmeer Diversity in the Edit Room fellow. They are currently working on a project about the end of the world.

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