Education
Rhode Island School of Design.
Rhode Island School of Design.
Alamda is a filmmaker whose work focuses on Mexican history, politics, and culture in insightful and poetic films that push the boundaries of how the documentary form addresses social issues. Her films include El Velador (2011), El General (2009), All Water Has a Perfect Memory (2001), and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Otro Lado (2005), and her work has appeared at numerous national and international venues, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Sundance Film Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Natalia Almada received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1995) from the College of Santa Fe and an Master of Fine Arts (2001) in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design.
She is a dual citizen of Mexico and the United States, having grown up in both.