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Chiara Hollender is an Iranian-American filmmaker and storyteller based in New England.
About
Chiara Hollender is a Vermont-based Iranian-American documentary director and producer. She is the founder of Summer Moon Productions, a production company dedicated to telling stories about the relationship between women and the natural world.
For the past seven years, Chiara has traveled across the United States documenting the women who are restoring land, stewarding ecosystems, and shaping climate solutions in their communities. Her work explores the deep connections between people and place, and the knowledge held by those who care for the earth.
Most recently, Chiara produced and directed two seasons of the PBS series Women of the Earth. She has also recently produced work for Earthrise and Radical Media, and her short documentary Melany & Freya premiered at DOC NYC in 2020.
Featured Work
Women of the Earth - PBS Trailer
Women of the Earth is a documentary series capturing the resilient work of female land stewards across the United States.
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The Buffalo Matriarchs
On her ancestral homelands in Texas, Lucille Contreras, a Lipan Apache woman, is leading the return of the buffalo – and with them, a way of life rooted in kinship, care, and balance.
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MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street
With an innovative visual approach, Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street is a four part edge-of your seat financial thriller which reveals the truth behind Bernie Madoff’s infamous multibillion-dollar global Ponzi scheme and the ways in which a willfully blind financial system allowed it to flourish for decades.
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