Mauricio Rodríguez Pons

Filmmaker and Visual Journalist

ProPublica

Mauricio Rodríguez Pons is a Venezuelan filmmaker and visual journalist working with ProPublica’s film team. He co-directed and animated The Night Doctrine (Tribeca 2023) and directed the Emmy-winning Unlivable Oasis. His work, spanning documentary and animation, explores migration, inequality, and resilience, including his latest short, Status: Venezuelan.

Participating Sessions

Piercing the Numbness: Getting Beyond the Intolerable Everyday

The writer Isaac Bashevis Singer once wrote that the greatest curse of the human spirit is its ability to get used to anything. As the public becomes desensitized to stories of violence, trauma, and injustice, investigative storytellers face the challenge of breaking through the static. How can investigative storytellers bring a fresh eye to urgent, trauma-filled stories that the public often struggles to look at directly? This panel will explore...