Films by Filmmaker

Anayansi Prado

Anayansi Prado was born in Panama and moved to the United States as a teenager. Her debut documentary Maid in America about Latina domestic workers in Los Angeles, CA screened nationally on the PBS series Independent Lens. Her second production, Children in No Man’s Land about unaccompanied minors crossing the US/Mexico border is part of the State Department’s American Documentary Showcase and it’s been screened in more than 30 countries around the world. Paraiso for Sale, her third independent production, takes Prado back to her homeland, Panama to explore the impact American retirees and developers are having on the local community of Bocas del Toro, Panama. PARAISO FOR SALE, which premiered this year at the Los Angeles Film Festival, is currently being broadcast on PBS stations around the country.  

Anayansi is a recepient of a Rockefeller Media Fellowship and has received funding from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Creative Capital, ITVS Research & Development Diversity Fund, Latino Public Broadcasting, The Pacific Pioneer Fund, The Paul Robeson Media Fund, The Fledgling Foundation and Chicken and Egg Pictures. As of recently, she received grants from the Cultural Program Division of the State Department to teach documentary filmmaking in Myanmar (Burma) and Paraguay. Ms. Prado is the founder of Impacto Films and the non-profit Impacto Project. She holds a BA in Film from Boston University. Anayansi resides in Los Angeles, California.