Meet the Artist

Virtual Meet the Artist: Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough (The Body Politic)

March 18, 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm
Location: Virtual
Free

A virtual craft-focused conversation with the director of the recent documentary, The Body Politic, Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough. Together, we will discuss the particular opportunities and challenges of making a profile piece about a political figure, Baltimore Mayor, Brandon Scott, and how film and storytelling can be used as pathways to healing and change. We will invite Gabriel to share about how his life and career has led to the making of this film, his experience of connecting and working with Brandon, and how the film has provided healing to him and his community. Attendees will be invited to ask questions and participate in the conversation.

Catch the full film before (on February 5th) at The City Library as part of our Black, Bold & Brilliant series. Get your ticket here.

Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough

Gabriel is a proud third-generation resident of Baltimore, Maryland. He began his career as a production assistant on the TV series HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS, later becoming a camera assistant on projects such as A BEAUTIFUL MIND, THE SOPRANOS, and OZ. He served as a camera operator on the Steven Soderbergh-produced and George Clooney-directed HBO series UNSCRIPTED and has been a cinematographer on documentaries for PBS, Netflix, and HBO. In 2017, he co-produced the Mexican/United States co-production of the feature documentary AGAVE: THE SPIRIT OF A NATION (SXSW, 2018). From 2018-19, he worked in the Philippines photographing and co-producing Ramona Diaz’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary A THOUSAND CUTS (Sundance, 2020) about Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa. After returning from the Philippines, Gabriel was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. Treatment for the disease has left him disabled and without full mobility in his right leg. Physically unable to return to his previous career as a full-time vérité cameraperson, he has kept his passion for documentaries alive by shifting his focus to directing this film about his beloved hometown. THE BODY POLITIC represents his first time as a feature documentary director. Gabriel is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and a 2018 Katherine Davis Fellow For Peace. He speaks Spanish and has worked on several projects in Latin America.

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