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Dorothy Thigpen

Dorothy Thigpen (New York, NY) is currently the Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, a non-profit media arts organization in New York City. She was previously the Director of Production Assistance at Women Make Movies and the Operations Director at ACTV Cable 21 in Columbus, Ohio, as well as the Assistant to the Festival Coordinator at National Black Programming Consortium.

Her video work has screened in the MIX Experimental Film/Video Festival. She has also served on non-profit boards such as Flaherty Film Seminars and the New Festival.

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Dorothy Thigpen is Executive Director of Third World Newsreel in New York City; she previously served as Director of Production Assistance at Women Make Movies, Operations Director at ACTV Cable 21 in Columbus, Ohio, and Assistant to the Festival Coordinator at National Black Programming Consortium. Her video work has screened in the MIX Experimental Film/Video Festival; she has served on nonprofit boards such as Flaherty Film Seminars and the New Festival.

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