ÁNGEL JACINTO ESCALANTE
Ángel Jacinto Escalante (they/he) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Queens, NY. He is a published bilingual writer, community language educator, portrait & nature photographer, self-taught musician and music producer, field recordist, and documentary filmmaker. He was raised in el Bajío in Central Mexico and the Nuevo León/Texas border.
b. 1980 in Guanajuato, MX
Currently lives and works in Queens, NY.
contact: plenilunix (at) proton.me
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RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE​
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Film director, producer, cinematographer, sound mix, En Común: Bookloving y Organizing, 2024.
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Cinematographer, post-production supervisor, Come by Here, 2024.
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​Cinematographer, With Womens Work - Crystal Peñalosa: Vulnerability & Growth, 2021.
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RECENT AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
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Creatives Rebuild New York 2022-2024
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Third World Newsreel Production Fellowship 2023
Ángel's debut as a film director and producer with the short En Común: Bookloving y Organizing was made possible with the support of the Third World Newsreel Filmmaking Production Fellowship 2023 and funding provided by Creatives Rebuild New York.
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Since arriving in New York City in 2016, their photographic work has focused on non-normative bodies and identities, sex work, gender, pain, and spirituality. Their lack of access to formal education in their field has shaped their approach to photographic work as a bartering trade, centering accessibility of creative work by shooting on DSLRs and self-publishing on zine-like formats.​
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WRITING
Their writing has been included in the Austin Public Library's Aural Literature publication in Texas and El Paso's Río Grande Review, a bilingual journal of contemporary literature and art. They've self-published numerous personal zines, which are available at multiple Public Library Zine collections in the United States, with some titles available at the Sherwood Forest Zine Library in ATX.
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LANGUAGE JUSTICE
Ángel has been teaching and creating curricula for Spanish language learners and heritage speakers since 2020. He is obsessed with the fluidity and rhythm of languages, especially when spoken together. Their teachings focus on grammar, vocabulary, and the psychology of Spanish as an ever-changing language.​