Bx3M
Judith Escalona grew up in the Bronx, where Bx3M takes place, and returned home to make this feature. She previously wrote and directed The Krutch, a half-hour, surreal narrative about a Puerto Rican psychoanalyst with an identity problem. Escalona is currently working on a new screenplay for her next film.
A segment producer for CUNY-TV, Escalona is also the Executive Director and Founder of Puerto Rico and the American Dream (www.PRdream.com), the 19-year-old, award-winning website on the history, culture and politics of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora. PRdream's office is located in Spanish Harlem, where the organization has launched several new media initiatives, among them the PRdream Oral History Project and the technology-based art gallery MediaNoche (http://www.medianoche.us). MediaNoche showcases local and international artists working in new media. Escalona is also a film curator and critic who has written for various publications, including the Daily News, NY Latino, QBR/Quarterly Black Review, and Womensnet.net.
Bx3M was recently nominated in 8 categories at the International Filmmaker Festival MILAN 2016: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. The film won in two categories: Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actress. Judith Escalona garnered three Communicator Awards 2012 for her work as a segment producer on Independent Sources/CUNY-TV. She was awarded First Prize in the Best Video category of the Ippies Awards 2011. In 2010 she was recognized by New York State Senator Bill Perkins for her work in the arts. Escalona received an Appreciation Award from the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueño at Hunter College in 2002 and was designated a Distinguished Latina by El Diario/La Prensa in 2000. She teaches film production at The City College of New York.
A segment producer for CUNY-TV, Escalona is also the Executive Director and Founder of Puerto Rico and the American Dream (www.PRdream.com), the 19-year-old, award-winning website on the history, culture and politics of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora. PRdream's office is located in Spanish Harlem, where the organization has launched several new media initiatives, among them the PRdream Oral History Project and the technology-based art gallery MediaNoche (http://www.medianoche.us). MediaNoche showcases local and international artists working in new media. Escalona is also a film curator and critic who has written for various publications, including the Daily News, NY Latino, QBR/Quarterly Black Review, and Womensnet.net.
Bx3M was recently nominated in 8 categories at the International Filmmaker Festival MILAN 2016: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. The film won in two categories: Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actress. Judith Escalona garnered three Communicator Awards 2012 for her work as a segment producer on Independent Sources/CUNY-TV. She was awarded First Prize in the Best Video category of the Ippies Awards 2011. In 2010 she was recognized by New York State Senator Bill Perkins for her work in the arts. Escalona received an Appreciation Award from the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueño at Hunter College in 2002 and was designated a Distinguished Latina by El Diario/La Prensa in 2000. She teaches film production at The City College of New York.