BREAKING THE CYCLE
Category
FEATURE SHORT
Duration
13M
SCREENING DETAILS
THEATER
LOOK CINEMA
Saturday, August 22, 2026
3:00 PM
Logline
Inside Medellín’s 4Eskuela, dancers and teachers use hip-hop to break cycles, build community, and battle for the city’s top breakdancer title.
Director
Farah Otero-Amad
Farah Otero-Amad is a video producer and host at The Wall Street Journal, where her videos reach millions of viewers each month. She is a trilingual journalist whose directing and production work spans global stories, including the economic impact of Bad Bunny’s residency, the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and her award-winning documentary Breaking the Cycle, about a hip-hop school in Medellín, Colombia.
Previously, she worked at Apple TV+’s The Problem with Jon Stewart and NBC News. She is a Fulbright scholar and was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in Media for 2026.