FILMS T​HAT MAKE US CARE​
FILMS T​HAT MAKE US CARE​
About The Director
Raouf J Jacob is the Executive Director & Creator & Founder of
WCF studios/films LLC & Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston (GCFF). As the program chair at GCFF, Jacob spotlights films that make us care about human rights violations and the human condition around the globe. The multiple Award-Winning Director is originally from war-torn Sierra Leone, West Africa. His family fled Sierra Leone at the climax of the barbaric civil war in 1999 and immigrated to Boston, MA in January of 2000. Jacob has written, produced and directed documentaries spotlighting social and political injustice. “Sierra Leone: A Culture of Silence” is the filmmaker’s most recently produced multiple Award-Winning Documentary Feature Film. As Program Chair of the annual Global Cinema Film Festival, Jacob seeks to curate & exhibit unconventional styles that speak to the evolution of the narrative and documentary form. The director has also collaborated and continues to work with Non-Governmental Organizations around the world in hopes of raising awareness about human rights violations near and far.
About The Executive Producer
Lara M. Moreno is an Executive Producer at WCF studios/films LLC and the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston. Moreno also served as a Producer on “Sierra Leone: A Culture of Silence.” The producer is originally from Madrid, Spain, where she acquired an undergraduate degree in International Politics and Relations. In addition, Moreno also acquired a Bachelor's in Multidisciplinary Studies, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Boston MA, focusing on Educational Leadership and Development. Moreno continues to collaborate with Raouf J. Jacob and has produced and spotlighted unflinching documentaries about the human condition and human rights violations around the globe.