Rodrigo Brandão
New York City · Available for projects
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Human Rights

Documentary storytelling and communications strategy in service of human rights.

My human rights work runs from documentary filmmaking made alongside the communities it portrays to communications strategy that turns investigations into international pressure.

  1. 70 Fox

    Documentary, in progress — with Shruti Parekh

    An ode to the 70 Fox collective — documenting the house and its final moments through the voices of former and current tenants recounting their stories and memories. Co-directed with Shruti Parekh.

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  2. Climate Rights International

    Director of Communications

    Lead communications and media strategy for an international climate and human rights organization investigating abuses tied to deforestation, the energy transition, mining, and labor and health — building international press lists and multilingual pitches with coordinated exclusivities across Bloomberg, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and El País.

  3. The Intercept

    Senior Director, Communications & Strategy

    Directed strategic communications for the newsroom's investigative journalism and built editorial partnerships with the ACLU, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now!, Human Rights Watch, and Mediapart.

  4. Story Justice Communications

    Founder / President

    Media strategy for mission-driven clients, including the Communications Workers of America and The Marshall Project's criminal-justice reporting across broadcast and radio.