ARTIST STATEMENT

We were able to produce and edit Return to the Andes, thanks to the generous support of more than 500 individual donors. Now the work begins to bring it to the world — the distribution and outreach phase of the work. We are raising funds to cover the costs to do this right: including co-work office space, travel expenses (when not reimbursed),  print and digital material, publicist,  and most of all, to pay for an ongoing part-time admin/outreach assistant to help manage the campaigns.  This film already has a big following and in high demand, from Universities to film festivals from community-based arts organizations to international conferences on Latin America, women’s empowerment, social entrepreneurship and other topics.

– Mitch Teplinsky

Mitch Teplitsky is a documentary producer and marketing/distribution specialist, specializing in cross-cultural films and the immigrant experience. His first film Soy Andina screened on US public television, at hundreds of universities and festivals, and throughout Peru on two U.S. Embassy-sponsored tours. Return to the Andes is a follow-up to that film. In between the Andina films, Mitch produced New American Girls, a web series about Dreamers for Latino Public Broadcasting/PBS.org; returned to Peru as a Fulbright Specialist; and consulted with many other filmmakers to help them raise funds and distribute their films. Before producing, Mitch was the marketing director at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

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