Madeleine Ehrlich
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About
Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich is a filmmaker and artist. Her work has screened all over the world, including at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and in film festivals such as the New Orleans Film Festival, Doclisboa, and Blackstar Film Festival. She is the recipient of a 2019 Rema Hort Mann Award, a 2019 UNDO fellowship and grant, a 2015 TFI ESPN Future Filmmaker Award, and a 2014 Princess Grace Award in film. Madeleine has an M.F.A. from Temple University. She is currently an assistant professor in film and television production at CUNY - Queens College in New York City.
After Sherman
AFTER SHERMAN is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history. An exploration of coastal South Carolina as a site of pride and racial trauma through Gullah cultural retention and land preservation is violently interrupted.
McKayla
Growing up in the Flint, Michigan foster care system McKayla survived a rare form of cancer and lost one of her legs. Doctor’s told her not to expect to be able to run, or ride a bike again. Now at the age of 27 McKayla has come a long way, competing nationally in triathlons and seeking out adventure.