Vida Zamora

MX/BR/(MD/DC/NY)

Documentarist and Writer delving into the intricate tapestry of intersectionality, dialect, and historicity through an unyielding lens firmly rooted in resistance and dissent.


Vida’s practice, per se, weaves through the complex tapestry of intersectionality, dialect, and historicity with an unyielding lens of resistance and dissent. Their ethos embodies stark materialism, dissecting dominant discourses on race, gender, and class in the Americas. 


Vida challenges entrenched roles through direct action, democratizing mediums for marginalized voices through their processes. Advocating for "Kuxlejal" life-affirming processes, their voice spans disciplines, drawing from decolonial and socialist theories.


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Education

2026 [MFA] Duke University, Experimental and Documentary Arts, NC
2023 [BFA] Maryland Institute College of Art, Humanistic Studies in Creative Writing, MD
2023 [BFA] Maryland Institute College of Art, Film, and Video, Min Sound Art, MD
2018 Instituto de Cinema, Film Intensive Certificate, São Paulo, Brazil

Professional Appointments

2024-Present Co-Deviser, DP, “Untitled” Dir. Erin Johnson (2025)
2024 Producer, Director, Editor, “El Régimen del Mirar” (2024)
2024 Collaborative Studio Fellow, Union Docs, NY
2021-2023. Film Cage Technician, JHU-MICA, Baltimore, MD
2023 1st Assistant Director., MANGR, Dir. Jimmy Joe Roche
2023 Sound Mixer, Foraged Documentary, Dir. Renee Fisher
2023-Present Executive Producer, Director, and Editor "Ojos Que No Ven" (2026)
2022 Multimedia Producer (Internship), Liquid Sky Artist C; Portugal.
2022 Teaching Assistant, MD Inst. College of Art, MD (Synesthesia, Interactive Arts)
2021 Screenplay Consultant, “Something Wild” Dir. Fernando G. Andrade   
2018 Director/ Editor, “Teleology,” Chor. Paola Montelongo, Guadalajara

Volunteering

2023 Yoga District, BIPOC, and Queer Community, Washington, DC.
2020-2021 Baltimore Community Food, Baltimore, MD. 
2017 Fundação Casa Grande, CE, Brazil.

Grants/ Scholarships

2024 Union Docs, Co-LAB Scholarship, NY
2022 Internship Fellowship in Creative Entrepreneurship 
2022 Dr. Frankie Martin Diversity & Inclusion Grant
2020 and 2021 MICA Competitive Scholarship - Video Department Award
2019 The DaVinci Award
2019 Starr Foundation Scholarship
2019 MICA Dean’s Grant
2019 MICA Presidential Scholarship

Selected Exhibitions

2024 UnionDocs, Preview in the Park, NY
2023 Lion International Film Festival, Italy.
2023 FISURA Festival de Cine Independiente, Mexico.
2023 MICA, Thesis Dissertation Exhibition, MD.
2023 MICA, Humanistic Studies Symposium, MD.
2023 MICA, Senior Thesis Screening, Art Walk, MD.
2022 Nuestras Raíces, LSU, MD.
2022 Student Film Festival. MICA-JHU, MD
2021, 2022, 2023 The Vigil, Sound Art, MICA, MD
2021 Wunderkammer, MICA, MD.
2020 Lingering, KSA, MD.

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Updated 11/27/2023 by Vida Zamora