Maya Jensen

musician and filmmaker

<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;">Maya Jensen is a Chicago-area native and has a B.A. from Northwestern University in cultural anthropology.&nbsp; In 2006 she traveled to Bolivia for the first time in a six-week study abroad program.&nbsp; Initially going to do research for her undergraduate thesis, Maya sought an example of music as a form of resistance and empowerment.&nbsp; Bolivians soon directed her to Afro-Bolivian Saya music, and what began as an undergraduate paper turned into a long-term documentary film project. Maya currently lives in Chicago and enjoys playing upright bass and cello.&nbsp;</span></p> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Maya Jensen es nativa del �rea de Chicago y tiene una licenciatura en antropolog�a cultural de Northwestern University. Viaj� a Bolivia por primera vez en el 2006 como parte de un programa de intercambio de seis semanas. Inicialmente fue para hacer una investigaci�n para su tesis y busc� ejemplos de grupos que expresaban resistencia a trav�s de la m�sica. Las personas en Bolivia r�pidamente la dirigieron a la m�sica afroboliviana, la Saya, y lo que comenz� como ena tesis se convirti� en un proyecto a largo plazo culminando con la pel�cula documental. Maya vive en Chicago y disfruta tocar el contrabajo y el violoncelo.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div>

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