2023 BARBARA HAMMER GRANT FINALIST

helen peña

Helen Peña is a Dominican-American filmmaker, and community organizer from Miami, FL. Their work has screened in festivals across the country including Prismatic Ground, New Orleans FIlm Festival and Third Horizon Film Festival. In 2020, Helen participated in the UCLA Sanctuary Spaces Residency, where they worked on their first short film, When Angels Speak of Love, which screened on PBS South Florida. In 2017, Helen co-founded (F)empower, a Miami collective of queer feminist artist-activists. Their art and organizing has been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art, the Norton Museum of Art, ICA Miami and more.