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Pilar Timpane is a filmmaker and producer based in Durham, NC. Her work has focused on women's stories, immigration narratives, and religious communities with the aim of using storytelling for social change. She holds a BA from Rutgers University and a Masters in Theological Studies from Duke University Divinity School. She co-directed and produced SANTUARIO (2019, PBS/ReelSouth & AlJazeera). SANTUARIO was the winner of the Best Documentary Short Jury Prize at New Orleans Film Festival 2018 as well as the Crested Butte ActNow Award and the IF/Then Shorts American South Pitch. She is an alumna of the New Orleans Film Society Southern Producers Lab, Indie Grits Real Fiction Lab, and Women in Film/Stella Artois Finishing Fund. She was named a 2021 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist by the Durham Arts Council. Pilar is a 2022 ITVS/NEH Humanities Documentary Development Fellow and a Logan Nonfiction Program Fellow, working on her first feature film as director, about the changing role of women in the Catholic Church.

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Shir is a highly qualified Pashto/Dari /Urdu/Farsi instructor/interpreter. Shir is a Pashto/Dari/ pashai/Urdu/ Farsi speaker with 13 years of experience in teaching Pashto/Dari/Urdu/ Farsi foreign language content to adult learners both in-person and online and 23 years of translation experience in combat and non combat zone . He is well versed in Afghan culture, customs, and traditions have lived/worked/studied in Afghanistan for 24 years. Shir is trained in the different ILR levels and is able to tailor/differentiate his instructions/ interpretations to fit the style of the learner. Shir is a certified translator by ALTA, additionally, he worked with US special forces for the last 23 years as a combat interpreter and cultural adviser. Shir is deeply rooted in Afghan culture and remains current on relevant cultural trends and current events by maintaining relationships with family and friends back home, deploying with US special forces to Afghanistan, Working in SWEG as a Teacher, role player, and cultural adviser.

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Graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.S degree in Communications and from ETSU with a M.S. in Sport Management.

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