Committee
Aliza Shapiro
Aliza Shapiro has been involved with the festival since 2001. This year she has been involved in programming films and events, connecting the festival with a web developer: Quilted, trailer makers Gina Kamentsky and Peter Pizzi, festival promotion, amongst many other tasks. Shapiro is Co-founder of CineMental which programs experimental film, performance and music, once a month at The Brattle and independently runs Truth Serum Productions.
Website:
http://www.truthserum.org
Amanda Johnston
Amanda works on programming, community relations, and overall festival logistics. She has taken the lead on coordinating the festival since 2005.
Amit Dixit
Amit works on promotion and event coordination for the festival and is on the MASALA (Massachusetts Area South Asian Lambda Association) Steering Committee along with serving on the board of The History Project.
Website:
http://www.queereast.org/
James Nadeau
James Nadeau is the Executive Director of the Boston LGBT Film Festival. He has been involved with the film festival since 2000. He is the co-founder of CineMental and has programmed film and video at festivals, theatres and galleries throughout New England. He is a contributing editor to the Boston-based art zine Big, Red, and Shiny and is a technical instructor on film in the Literature Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Website:
http://www.bigredandshiny.com
Michele O'Brien
Michele is the guest assistance coordinator and is enjoying her third year of working with the film fest.
Michelle Coleman
Michelle Coleman has been coordinating co-presenters for the festival for the past three years. This year she is also coordinating festival volunteers.
Pam Waterman
Pam has been a festival usher and has provided technical assistance at festival receptions for several years. This year she is coordinating volunteers for the festival.
