Lester Alfonso is a filmmaker, writer and video artist whose work has
appeared on CBC's ZeD TV, Nickelodeon Asia, Salon.com and TVOntario. Trying to Be
Some Kind of Hero, his award-winning documentary tracing the footsteps
of his missing grandfather, was the official selection for more than a
dozen film festivals across North America.
His newest film, TWELVE, won the National Film Board of Canada's REEL DIVERSITY contest.