Born and raised in Costa Rica, Charlene Music was captivated by documentary filmmaking and photography at Harvard University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in the field in 2004. She then traveled to India as a fellow for the Mahatma Gandhi Medical Trust, working with the hospital, rural communities, and children to develop video documentaries and media projects on domestic violence prevention. Back in Costa Rica she created and managed the video production departments for Eureka Comunicación and Café Britt, while also directing documentary shorts for the National Children's Hospital and
other NGOs. Her passion lies in the use of documentary as a platform to effect social change through the exploration of human rights and other social concerns.

Before the Sea
16mm color film
8:19 min.

A little boy and his fisherman father confront life and death at the edge of the ocean, where their idle drag boat, the Anne Marie, blankets them in a dream.

Circus is Life
Co-directed by Charlene Music
and Michael Attie
Digital Video - Widescreen
9:27 min.

Circus is Life is the story of the close ties of teenage friendship, on stage and off, and a yearning that some things will never change.

• Wood's Hole Film Festival
  

Roz (and Joshua)
16mm black and white film
3:06 min.

Roz was separated from Joshua when he was only seven months. Twelve years have passed, yet with hope and an unbreakable spirit, Roz lives for the time when they will be reunited.