MÓNICA HENRÍQUEZ
BIO
Monica Henriquez is a Venezuelan/Dutch freelance film and video editor/director, based in the UK since 1978. She trained at the BBC in the 1980s, and worked as an editor for Channel Four (UK) in several projects on Latin America, notably the Marc Karlin Nicaragua Series (1985-1991); Faction Films Fidel (1998). For the U.S. network PBS, she was editor of WEB Du Bois – A Biography in Four Voices (1995), and was researcher/associate producer of The Hugo Chavez Show Frontline (2008). She was Producer/Director of Gynecological Chronicles (1992) and Director/Editor of Murder & the Feather Boa (1996), both for Channel Four UK.
For almost 2 decades she has been filming and building a digital archive on Venezuela in the times of Hugo Chavez & heris. Recently she was the Editor/Director with Louis Messiah as Producer/ Director of TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing. The documentary has its Spanish premiere at the Official Section of AFRIKALDIA 2026.
FILMOGRAPHY
Chavez & I (2018-26: work in progress). Documentary/video diary (for Faction Films). Research/Camera/Director/Editor.
TCB: The Coni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025) – Documentary (105’) Co-director/Editor.
The Hugo Chavez Show (2007-8). TV episode (by Ofra Bikel for Frontline/PBS, USA). (85’). Researcher/Associate producer.
Venezuela Project (2004-10): Researcher/Archiving.
Wartakes (2002-03). Documentary (Faction Films/Citurna for ZDF) (75’). Editor/Director.
Variety (2001). Video arts (for BFI/Artist of the Year award) (20’). Editor.
Bethlehem Diary (2001). Documentary (Antonia Caccia Productions). (60’). Editor.
Rising from the Ashes (2000). Documentary (ZHII Films for SNBC). (52’). Editor.
Iranian Journey (1999). Documentary (Legend Productions for ZDF). (90’). Editor.
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999). Documentary (US Version. Smoking Dogs Productions for BBC). (50’). Editor.
Fidel (1998). Documentary (Factions Films for Channel 4). (80’). Editor.
Revenge of the Little People (1998). Documentary (Factions Films for Channel 4). (25’). Editor.
174 (1997). Short fiction film. (10’). Editor.
Murder and the Feather Boa (1996). Documentary (Lusia Films for Channel 4). (25’). Editor/Director.
WEB Dubois: A biography in 4 voices (1994-05). Documentary in 4 parts (Scribe Video Center for PBS, USA). (120’). Editor.
The Inflated World of Fernando Botero (1993). Documentary (Co-production Citurna Ltd & RTVE). (60’). Supervising Editor.
Gynecological Chronicles (1991-02). Drama/documentary (Contraluz/Luna Films/FONCINE for Channel 4). (57’). Producer/Director.
Scenes for a Revolution (1990). Documentary (Lusia Films for Channel 4). (90’). Editor.
Stories from Cuzcatlán (1989). Documentary (Maya Films for Channel 4). (60’). Editor.
Testament (1988). Drama/documentary (BAFC for Channel 4). (90’). Co-editor.
Simon Ngubane still on strike (1987). Documentary (Lusia Films for Channel 4). (60’). Editor.
Broken Arrow 29 (1986). Documentary (80’). Editor/Assistant Producer/Director.
Voyages (1985). Part 1 of Nicaragua Series (Channel 4). Documentary (60’). Editor.
STATEMENT
My work with TCB as editor and codirector was a long and fascinating conversation with Toni Cade Bambara.
With her archive of films, interviews, texts, and books. And crucially, with her family, her students, and the writers with whom Toni formed a community.
They speak to us of what they shared, and of the legacy TCB left us. That is the weave of this documentary, and it is moving to us when the audience makes its own that energy and generosity that Toni offers us.
I would like to thank Afrikaldia and the organizers of this festival for giving us the opportunity to present our documentary.
Now, let us continue this conversation with Toni Cade Bambara.