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Alisa Gorokhova

(She/her)
Freelancer
Berkeley, CA US
Student
Open To Mentoring
Open To Virtual Coffee
A Ukrainian-Canadian documentary filmmaker, journalist and writer, with a Masters of Journalism degree from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, specializing in short-form videos. I focus on stories about tech, mental health, and human rights.

About

Alisa Gorokhova is a Ukrainian-Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and journalist. Having lived, worked, and studied on both sides of the Atlantic with a decade of experience in technical and commercial copywriting, Alisa is now a second year short-form documentary student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism ('24). She focuses on issues related to technology, immigration, mental health advocacy, history and politics, as well as music and storytelling as a force of learning and healing. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and received her Master of Arts degree in European Politics from the University of Amsterdam.

Featured Work

Hooshang

A profile of an Iranian-American refugee who fled Iran after the collapse of the Shah's regime.

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Cat Town

A film about a cat shelter that takes in exclusively cats rejected from other shelters, and has in 10 years reduced feline euthanasia in Oakland by 80%.

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Faking It

An explainer video about the ever growing dangers AI presents with regards to revenge porn which almost exclusively targets women.

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I Left My Home

A film about PTSD in combat veterans, and the ways veterans support each other to prevent suicide.

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