#Dawn Porter
DOC NYC 2022 Women Directors: Meet Dawn Porter – “Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net”
Dawn Porter is an award-winning writer and producer. Her work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, MTV Films, and other platforms. Porter’s 2016 film “Trapped,” which explores...
Stephanie Johnes’ “Maya and the Wave” to Open DOC NYC
Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira is set to make a splash at DOC NYC. Stephanie Johnes’ doc about the trailblazer, “Maya and the Wave,” will open the 13th edition of the festival. A...
Dawn Porter to Direct and Exec Produce Supreme Court Docuseries “Confirmed” for Showtime
Are you wondering why, how, the United States puts so much power into the hands of nine unelected officials? Well, Dawn Porter’s next project might shed some light on the subject. The prolific...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “37 Words” Director Dawn Porter
One of the “37 Words” directors, Dawn Porter, will join the Girls Club to discuss the four-part ESPN documentary series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX and exploring the ongoing...
Trailer Watch: Dawn Porter & Nicole Newnham Unpack Title IX’s Legacy with ESPN Docuseries “Fifty/50”
Although it tends to be associated with gender equality in sports, Title IX ensures equal treatment for women at any educational institution that receives federal funding. The landmark law will turn...
Dawn Porter Has a Doc About Cirque du Soleil in the Works
Dawn Porter is nothing if not prolific. The documentary filmmaker has added yet another project to her slate. Just weeks ago it was announced that the Emmy-nominated director will helm a multi-part...
Pick of the Day: “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer”
“Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer” spotlights people and events that have been “disappeared by history,” as one interviewee puts it. Dawn Porter’s latest documentary...
Dawn Porter Named 2021 Guggenheim Honoree by American Film Institute
Dawn Porter is following in Barbara Kopple, Laura Poitras, and Freida Lee Mock’s footsteps. AFI Docs, the American Film Institute’s documentary film festival, announced that it will...
Dawn Porter to Direct Multi-Part ESPN Doc About Title IX’s Impact on Women in Sports
Dawn Porter has yet another project in the works. Earlier this month it was announced that the Emmy-nominated director would helm “Tulsa and the Red Summer,” a documentary about the 1921...
Dawn Porter and National Geographic Join Forces on Tulsa Massacre Doc “Rise Again”
Dawn Porter’s latest documentary delves into one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the United States — yet one that is routinely left out of the history books. “Rise...
Lifetime Celebrating VP Kamala Harris and More “Women Making History” in New Special
Lifetime will cap off Women’s History Month with a one-hour special paying tribute to women making strides in politics, activism, medicine, and more. A press release has announced that...
Dawn Porter Receives Mind the Gap’s Documentarian of the Year Award
Mind the Gap, Mill Valley Film Festival’s (MVFF) gender equality initiative, has named Dawn Porter as Documentarian of the Year. According to a press release, the “Way I See It”...
Trailer Watch: Dawn Porter Turns the Camera on White House Photographer Pete Souza in “The Way I See It”
Acclaimed photojournalist Pete Souza steps in front of the camera for Dawn Porter’s latest documentary. “The Way I See It” offers an intimate look behind the scenes of Barack Obama...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “John Lewis: Good Trouble” Director Dawn Porter
Dawn Porter will sit down with the Girls Club to discuss her latest film, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” on Thursday, July 9, at 4 p.m. EST. The documentary sees the congressman and civil rights...
Pick of the Day: “John Lewis: Good Trouble”
John Lewis is a seminal figure in our history. What the activist and political leader has done to improve civil rights in our country is immeasurable. Watching Dawn Porter’s new doc, “Good...
Trailer Watch: John Lewis Gets in “Good Trouble” in Dawn Porter’s New Documentary
“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just — say something!” John Lewis instructs a cheering crowd in Dawn Porter’s upcoming documentary. “Do...
Dawn Porter Is Directing a Doc About Former White House Photographer Pete Souza
As former Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza played an integral role in capturing — and preserving — history in the making. Now Dawn Porter is turning the camera on him....
Dawn Porter Directing Doc About Congressman & Civil Rights Leader John Lewis for CNN Films
Dawn Porter will reunite with Congressman John Lewis for her next project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the “Trapped” filmmaker is directing a documentary about Lewis’ most recent...
Win $20,000 to Finish Your Doc from Project Greenlight Digital Studios and Seed&Spark
Looking for finishing funds for your independent documentary? You just may be in luck. Project Greenlight Digital Studios (PGLDS) and Seed&Spark are teaming up to launch a 60-day crowdfunding...
Listen: Women and Hollywood Podcast #24: ‘Trapped’ Director Dawn Porter
Women and Hollywood talked to director Dawn Porter about her timely, high-profile new documentary “Trapped.” The film takes its name from the hundreds of “TRAP” (targeted regulation of...
Watch: John Oliver and ‘Trapped’ Set the Stage for Historic Supreme Court Case on Abortion
A recent episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” tackled insidious abortion laws and their devastating impact on women nationwide. In typical Oliver fashion, the segment was...
Trailer Watch: Reproductive Rights Are Under Attack in Sundance-Winning Abortion Doc ‘Trapped’
“Women are going to have abortions — it’s just that they’re not going to be safe and legal.” So begins the terrifying trailer for Dawn Porter’s timely new documentary “Trapped.”...
Dawn Porter’s Abortion Doc ‘Trapped’ Gets Distribution Deal
Dawn Porter’s “Trapped” has landed a distribution deal. Trilogy Films, Big Mouth Productions, Cedar Creek Productions and Chicken & Egg Pictures have announced a partnership with Ro*Co...
Debuts From Female Filmmakers Win Three of Sundance 2016’s Top Four Awards
Three of Sundance 2016’s top four awards were bestowed on feature debuts from women directors. Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman’s “Weiner,” a portrait of disgraced politician Anthony...
Finding Inspiration at Sundance 2016
So I’ve been a bit logistically challenged here at Sundance, meaning that I have missed a films and been shut out of others. That’s the way it goes here. You have to surrender to it. But the one...
Watch: Elizabeth Banks, Retta and More Tell Abortion Stories
Actresses from the big and small screen are speaking out about abortion in a new series of videos launched by the Center for Reproductive Rights. The Draw the Line monologues, which feature stars...
Sundance 2016 Women Directors: Meet Dawn Porter — ‘Trapped’
Dawn Porter is an award-winning filmmaker whose 2013 documentary, “Gideon’s Army,” won the Sundance Film Festival Editing Award, the Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award and was nominated...
Heidi Ewing, Dawn Porter Among Awardees of Catapult Film Fund
Women directors comprised five of the seven awardees of the Catapult Film Fund, which “provides development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story to tell, have secured...
DOC NYC Women Directors: Meet Dawn Porter
DawnPorter is the founder of Trilogy Films and the director/producer of Gideon’s Army, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO. Before becoming a filmmaker, she was...
Sundance Watch This: Gideon’s Army – Directed by Dawn Porter
Gideon's Army, directed by Dawn Porter, is a documentary that follows a group of public defenders in the south and the man who mentored them. The film premiered at Sundance. Judging from the...