Film Projects
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Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê (2010)
- Producer and Director
- The story of three young black women searching for identity and self-esteem in Bahia, Brazil
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- More details | Official website
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Bio
Carolina Moraes-Liu has been producing documentary films for the past ten years. Her most recent film, "Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê", won the Corazon Award at the San Diego Latino film festival, and the Best Diaspora Film award at the San Diego Black Film Festival. Currently she is working on the production of "Uprooted", a documentary about the crisis faced by traditional societies that derive medicinal benefits from the immense biodiversity Brazilian rainforests. She is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, where she has served as a judge for the Emmy Awards.