Festival Year: 2023

Fred de Sam Lazaro

Roles: Director

Fred de Sam Lazaro is director of the Under-Told Stories Project at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He has served with the PBS NewsHour since 1985 and is a regular contributor and substitute anchor for PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. He also directed films from India and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the documentary series Wide Angle and led the first American crew to report on the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region. During his career, he has reported from more than 60 countries: from Haiti to sub-Saharan Africa to south Asia. His focus has been on stories under-reported in the mainstream U.S. media

Festival Year: 2023