MISS PANAMA

Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer - David Felix Sutcliffe

Tribeca Film Festival premiere

In 1980, Gloria Karamañites became the first Black finalist in the Miss Panama pageant. On the verge of winning the crown, pageant officials orchestrated a last minute maneuver to obstruct her path to victory, demanding that she answer an obscure legal question. MISS PANAMA is a short documentary exploring Gloria’s experiences navigating racism, the actions taken by Panama’s Afro-descendant community to rally around their Queen, and the ripple effects of U.S. imperialism. Interweaving archival, interviews and stylized imagery, the film asks Who is allowed to represent a nation ?

A TOPIC ORIGINAL SHORT

Runtime: 28 minutes

Directors / Producers - Lamar Bailey Karamañites, Pascale Boucicaut, David Felix Sutcliffe

Producer - Melina Tupa

Cinematographers - David Felix Sutcliffe, Rashid Zakat

Editors - Melina Tupa, David Felix Sutcliffe

Consulting Editor - Contessa Gayles

Original Music - Manuel Garcia-Orozco

Music Production - Chaco World Music

Original Songs - Mai-Elka Prado