Director Patricio Guzmán – famed for his political documentaries “The Battle of Chile” and “The Pinochet Case” – talks about his latest film, “Nostalgia for the Light.” The film played at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2011. Guzmán traveled 10,000 feet above sea level to the driest place on earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile, where astronomers from all […]
Ryan Loughlin
Ryan Loughlin is a video journalist and has worked on documentaries for National Geographic, PBS/NOVA and The History Channel.
Ryan graduated from USC in 2007 with a degree in film studies and international relations. After working as an associate producer and freelance videographer, he moved to the Ecuadorian Andes to serve in the Peace Corps from 2008-2010.
He is currently attending Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism to combine his passion for travel and storytelling and to get hands on experience with the latest multimedia tools.
Behind the Story: Nuestra Familia, Our Family
Oriana Zill de Granados and Julia Reynolds spent three years trying to understand why so many young Latinos become victims of gun violence in the agricultural community of Salinas, Calif. The result is the groundbreaking 2006 documentary “Nuestra Familia, Our Family,” which creates a unique perspective on California gang culture. In this Behind the Story […]