Mezzo Director: Nicole OpperType: ShortsYear: 2017Country: USALanguage: EnglishLength: 14 Minutes </div> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mezzo</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> celebrates the life and artistic endeavors of Breanna Sinclaire, an African-American opera singer and the first openly trans woman to study at a major conservatory.</span></p> <p><strong>Date: Saturday, February 11, 3PM and Sunday, February 12, 1:30PM<a href="https://athenafilmfestival.com/festival-info/venues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br /> </a><a href="https://athenafilmfestival.com/festival-info/venues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Location: Glicker-Milstein Theatre, Diana Center LL200<br /> </a></strong>Q&A session to following screenings</p> <p><em><strong>Filmmaker Bio:</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Nicole Opper</strong> is an Emmy®-nominated filmmaker who directed and produced the feature documentary <em>Off and Running</em>, an Audience Favorite at Tribeca and winner of ten international awards including Best Documentary at Outfest and Best Documentary Screenplay at Silverdocs. The film was nationally broadcast on P.O.V. in 2010. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to direct Visitor’s Day which is supported by New York State Council on the Arts, Chicken & Egg Pictures and The Independent Television Service. She’s also produced films for The Discovery Channel and Here TV, and was selected for Filmmaker Magazine’s annual “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. 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