Chantal Encalada
She/ Her/ Hers
Chantal Encalada
Latine or Hispanic
Cis
Affiliations
Brown Girls Doc Mafia The Video ConsortiumLinks to Work
Bio
Chantal Encalada is an emerging documentary producer and the Community Manager at the Video Consortium.
Previously, Chantal was the Production Associate for Gidalya Pictures, an award-winning documentary production company based in Brooklyn, NY. There, she was part of the team behind ONE SOUTH: PORTRAIT OF A PSYCH UNIT, a two-part film series on HBO Max.
Prior to Gidalya Pictures, Chantal was the Administrative Coordinator for the Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA) as well as the Programming Assistant for the Boston Latino International Film Festival. She was also the Associate Producer for RAISING THE FLOOR, winner of the Best Documentary Short at the GlobeDocs Film Festival. Chantal is a proud member of The Video Consortium, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, and the DPA's Ethics Committee.
Projects
One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit
ONE SOUTH is a deeply intimate, two-part observational portrait of an inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, NY, specializing in treating young adults. Patients who arrive daily are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, and many have contemplated or attempted suicide. A team of doctors, social workers, and nurses work together to stabilize the patients and prepare them to return to the outside world. The two-part film follows the trajectory of hospital admission–from intake through the ups and downs of treatment to discharge. To watch ONE SOUTH on HBO Max, please visit: bit.ly/onesouth_hbomax
Raising the Floor
In 2020, COVID-19 sent the majority Latinx city of Chelsea, Massachusetts, spiraling into chaos. Residents waited in long lines to pick up food at a makeshift distribution center. City leaders, overwhelmed by the high costs and logistics of feeding a city, came up with a simple but inspired idea. CHELSEA EATS, the largest basic income pilot in American history, gave 2,000 individuals and families direct payments of up to $400 a month with no strings attached. To watch RAISING THE FLOOR on Kanopy, please visit: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/raising-floor
A Call to Action: The Freedom Budget of 1966
A CALL TO ACTION: THE FREEDOM BUDGET OF 1966 is a short documentary about a little known grassroots push for guaranteed income during the civil rights movement. To watch the exclusive clip, please visit: https://vimeo.com/796032028
Nixon's Reversal: An Attempt to End Poverty
NIXON'S REVERSAL: AN ATTEMPT TO END POVERTY is an Emmy-nominated short documentary about the bizarre story of Richard Nixon's brief flirtation with guaranteed income. To watch the exclusive clip, please visit: https://vimeo.com/795581524
