Interviews
Damian Romay: Writer, Director, Producer
DAMIAN ROMAY is an Argentinian-American film and television producer writer, director, and actor. Romay has produced, written, and directed over fifty independent feature films which have been seen all over the world. His most recent film is “Isle of Hope” starring Diane Ladd, Mary Stewart Masterson, Andrew McCarthy, and Sam Robards.
read moreBest Selling Author Dani Shapiro
DANI SHAPIRO is the author of eleven books, and the host and creator of the hit podcast Family Secrets. Her most recent novel, “Signal Fires,” was named a best book of 2022 by NPR, Time Magazine, Washington Post, Amazon, and others, and is a national bestseller.
read moreCelebrating Women’s History Month 2024
In celebration of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, 2023, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent women in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read moreDavid Park: Activist Author and Educator
DAVID PARK PhD is an author, musician, and educator. Park’s research interests include critical political economy of communication, new media technologies, media and democracy, environmental sustainability, consumerism, and international communication.
read morePhotographer Claire Holt
CLAIRE HOLT is a portrait photographer and photojournalist whose work has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday as well as the Associated Press.
read moreAdam Gopnik Does “The Real Work”
ADAM GOPNIK is a writer and essayist most well-known as a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He is also the author of 10 books.
read morePoet Major Jackson
MAJOR JACKSON is the author of six books of poetry, including “Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems” (2023), “The Absurd Man” (2020), “Roll Deep” (2015), “Holding Company” (2010), “Hoops” (2006) and “Leaving Saturn” (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves as the Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review.
read moreCelebrating Black History Month
In celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2024, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent people in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
read more“The Hours” & “Day” — A Video Chat with Pulitzer Prize Recipient Michael Cunningham
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM is an award-winning American author and screenwriter with a career spanning over four decades. He has written eight novels, two screenplays, and published a collection of short stories and non-fiction pieces. Cunningham is most well known for his 1998 novel, “The Hours,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was later adapted into a movie starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman.
read moreKatja Esson: Filmmaker
KATJA ESSON is an Academy Award® nominated filmmaker based in Miami and Havana who mixes documentary and narrative genres.
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