Cecilia Cornejo

Cecilia Cornejo is a Chilean-American documentary filmmaker, artist and educator based in Northfield, Minnesota, the occupied ancestral land of the Wahpekute Band of the Dakota Nation. Locally rooted yet globally minded, her work examines notions of home and the immigrant experience while exploring the traces of historical trauma on people and places. Since moving to Northfield in 2010, Cecilia has produced two feature-length documentaries in close partnership with underrepresented groups in town: Making Noise ~ The Story of a Skatepark (2016), developed with the local skateboarders, and Ways of Being Home ~ Between Northfield & Maltrata (2020), made in collaboration with members of the Latinx community in town. Her latest explorations, The Wandering House, The Embroidery Project and The Wandering House ~ Sonic Archive, have sparked collaborations with individuals and organizations inside and outside of Northfield and expanded her practice beyond filmmaking.

Cecilia Cornejo’s Contacto from Carleton College.

(Biography by Carleton College)

Image by Carleton College