Writer/director Michelle Parkerson is from Washington, DC. Her award-winning documentaries include But Then, She's Betty Carter; Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in the Rock; A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde (all of which aired nationally on PBS); and Storme': The Lady of the Jewel Box. Her films have screened at several major festivals, including The Sundance Film Festival, The Berlin International Film Festival, AFI Fest and BlackStar Film Festival.  Michelle has received numerous grants and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Grant (Jazz Program /"...Betty Carter"), a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship ("...Audre Lorde”), the DC Mayor's Art Award, grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Rainbow History Project's Community Pioneer Award and most recently, a HumanitiesDC Docs Grant. Her recent documentary, Fierceness Served! The ENIKAlley Coffeehouse revives the storied history of a Washington, DC, Black LGBTQ cultural renaissance in the 1980s. Michelle Parkerson's earlier films from the 1980s and 90s are currently streaming on The Criterion Channel.

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FILM

Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

In The Making

COHORT YEAR

2024