Emily Rose Apter is a programmer, filmmaker, and organizer based in Brooklyn, NY. She works as Director of Programming at the Maysles Documentary Center, a Harlem-based nonprofit microcinema and education center founded by the late filmmaker, Albert Maysles. She previously worked as the Assistant Director/Curator at the NYC Film-Makers’ Cooperative, where she assisted with the distribution, archiving, and curation of their 16mm experimental film collection. Emily has programmed at cinemas, museums, galleries, and schools around the country including: Spectacle Theater, Peephole Cinema, Museum of the City of NY, City College, Harlem Stage, the Film-Makers' Cooperative, among others. She has written for Millennium Film Journal, Analog Cookbook, Cinémovil, and ScreenSlate. Her zines are available through Maysles Documentary Center and Printed Matter.
Emily is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Archives, cultural production, labor, landscapes, and collective struggle are core themes of her work.
contact: emilyapter1@gmail.com