Profile
Profile
Michelle Medina is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist based in Paris and Casablanca.
Raised in Japan and a graduate of Smith College, she later received a Fulbright Scholarship to study film in Morocco.
She focuses her lens on the diverse communities of North Africa, collecting stories where society, gender, and identity collide.
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Early Work
Medina began filming her first collection of short documentaries in 2006, entitled Portrait of Khmissa: Bread, Sucar et Melha (Sugar and Salt,) Water and Little Creations.
This short series peeked into the lives of working women in Morocco, from filmmakers to cleaning ladies, both in the Muslim and Jewish communities.
Feature Documentary
This was followed by the feature-length award-winning documentary "All I Wanna Do", featuring a father and son rap duo in Casablanca.
The film went on to screen at over 30 international festivals and win multiple awards, including Best Documentary at the Da Vinci Film Festival and the Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker.
Awards & FestivalsMedina is working on two feature-length documentaries in Paris and can be found singing or in a classroom at Sorbonne University.