Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and writer, whose expertise lies in creating nonfiction films for both national and theatrical release. As a renowned author, she has penned the acclaimed book "Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen", which has reached its 5th edition in 2022 and has been widely translated into various languages. Additionally, she co-authored the influential book "Archival Storytelling: Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music" alongside Kenn Rabin, which has been published in its 2nd edition in 2020.
Her most recent literary endeavor is the thought-provoking book "Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies", which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2024.