Medhin Paolos is filmmaker, photographer, musician and social justice activist. Her work focuses on diaspora, citizenship rights, migration and queerness. For ten years Paolos was part of the folk-electronic band Fiamma Fumana bringing forward the female vocal tradition of the Mondine of Northern Italy and performed internationally at venues like Melkweg, Womex and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Paolos is the co-founder of the Milan chapter of Rete G2-Seconde Generazioni, a national organization that promotes the human and civic rights of descendants of immigrants in Italy. In recent years, she has been awarded fellowships at Harvard University, MIT Institute of Technology and Wellesley College, where she conceptualized “Archives of Justice”, an educational platform for bringing a plurality of voices, histories, and cultures to the forefront through media and artistic interventions. She was a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University before joining the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University in the Fall of 2023. She directed the Film documentary “Asmarina – Voices and Images of a Post-colonial Heritage” and is currently working on a new film production, “Land In Between.”