Sancturary
Sanctuary was the "absolute last legal option" to try and help Sandra Lopez stay in our community.
- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer
- Editor
Laurel S.
Carbondale, CO 81623, USA
$500 - $1000 / Day
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Laurel Smith is a photographer and filmmaker living in Carbondale, Colorado. She specializes in photography and film that enables non-profits to fundraise and promote social change and public awareness. Her past projects have explored local environmental issues, life sentencing for juvenile offenders, and immigration. She is currently working on a film about the women leaders living in Colorado sanctuaries as they fight their legal cases and fight for the rights of all immigrants.
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- Editorial Photographer
- Editor
- Documentary DP
Top Projects
Life in sanctuary: Will a mother’s sacrifice be worth it?
Araceli Velasquez came to the United States when she was 19 to plea for asylum. She made a life in Colorado, met her husband and had three children. After seven years she was unable to renew her stay of deportation. She sought sanctuary in a Denver church and has continued to seek asylum. Velasquez hasn’t left the church in over a year.
- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer
Wildfest 2017
Film from the 2017 Wildfest event hosted by Wilderness Workshop.
- Editor
Composting at Your School
This is a guide for composting correctly and recycling right at your school. This video teaches students why it's important and how to divert materials from the landfill.
- Commercial DP
- Editor
Democracy Now! They Repress us because we are Poor
As President Trump continues his crackdown on immigrant communities, a growing number of people are taking sanctuary in churches across the country to avoid deportation. A new report called “Sanctuary in the Age of Trump” says more people are now taking sanctuary than at any time in the United States since the 1980s. We end today’s show in Colorado, speaking to Sandra Lopez.
- Editorial Photographer
- Video Journalist
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Camera
- DSLR Camera
Audio
- Directional Microphone
- Lavalier Microphone
Miscellaneous
- External Recorder
- Stabilizer
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- Documentary DP
- Editorial Photographer
- Commercial DP
- Video Journalist
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- Fixer