
Emile Bokaer, Director
Emile Bokaer began his documentary filmmaking career at Oberlin College , where he also majored in mathematics and English. He has made films about a small town skateboard park, the relationships between various institutional lifestyles, collectives of Guatemalan women who work to preserve native species of corn, and a technical theater program at a girl’s school in Cleveland .
Bokaer worked with Geoff Pingree on the forthcoming documentary feature The Return of Elder Pingree. He is currently pursuing an MFA in documentary film and video at Stanford University.
Official GIFF Selection: Looking Back