Dantia MacDonald received her BA in English and creative writing at the University of Iowa. Following graduation, Dantia worked as a grant-writer and manager at the Upward Bound Program and later moved to Prague, Czech Republic, to help administer the regional Fulbright Program. She has taught English at Prague's Charles University and video production at a television station in Ohio. Dantia recently co-directed a documentary about the shunting of Roma (Gypsy) children into Czech schools for the mentally disabled.

My Brother Anton
16mm, color film
7 min.

This personal film chronicles the filmmaker's relationship with her younger brother, focusing on the first year he became ill with schizophrenia. The film is told in an experiential abstract manner using images of bugs and birds to tell most of the story.

Universal B-Boy
Co-directed by Dantia Macdonald and Alison Stewart
digital video
9:30 min.

This film is a portrait of Matt Burgos, a fifteen year-old Filipino American hip-hopper. The film follows Matt as he hones his breakdancing, spinning, flowing, and graffiti skills in a quest to become a Universal B-Boy.

FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

• Excellence in Media Production, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2002
• Honorable Mention--Documentary Short, Oakland International Film Festival, 2003
• US ASEAN Film and Photography Festival, 2003
• Stanford Student Film Festival, 2002

STARS
16mm, black and white film
3:30 min.

A film about Russell Reece, a retired Navy officer, and his work with STARS, the Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors.