She self-financed Razing Liberty Square for two years before securing financial support from major backers. “I know films that have taken 10 years because of the fundraising,” Esson said. If anything, the process has become more cumbersome. Internationally, Esson’s films have aired on Arte, a public broadcasting channel in Europe that occasionally partners on productions for PBS.īut Esson’s credentials, and her current film about the “renovation” of a public housing project in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood, have not made it any easier to raise money for her work. Searching for Sense, a 2002 film, covered artists and musicians who created a mural to honor 9/11 victims. Her 2001 documentary Vertical Traveller featured a Cuban exile, Aurelio Alvarez, who discusses the importance of elevators in New York City. A couple of her films have aired on WNET in New York City.
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