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Rodrigo Brandão is a filmmaker and Senior Director, Communications and Strategy at The Intercept. 

Previously, he oversaw media strategy for Kino Lorber’s feature film releases and established Cinema Slate, a label focused on Latin American cinema. In 2021, Brandão was the recipient of a New York City Arts Grant in support of a two-channel video installation designed as a reflection on queerness, immigration, and a speech President Theodore Roosevelt gave at Station Square in Forest Hills, on July 4, 1917. Also in 2021, he presented a paper inspired by Michel Franco's "New Order" (with Karen Sztajnberg) at "Fascist Imaginaries," a conference focused on psychoanalytical and politics in Berlin. 

He is currently producing and directing a short documentary focused on the LGBTQ nonprofit "Queers for Economic Justice." Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brandão earned degrees from Ithaca College in Cinema and Photography (B.S.) and Art History (B.A.).