Dawn Porter is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer who is currently working on an Apple TV series about mental health in collaboration with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry. Her past films and documentary series include The Way I See It, about former White House photographer Pete Souza, John Lewis: Good Trouble, Bobby Kennedy for President, and Gideon’s Army, which follows a group of public defenders in Georgia.
Dawn Porter
Films
The Way I See It
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(2020)
Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.
John Lewis: Good Trouble
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(2020)
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism — from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career.
Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain
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(2020)
A chronicle of Vernon Jordan’s modest origins through his rise to national renown as a pioneering attorney, businessman, civil rights leader and counselor to presidents spanning the era from LBJ to Barack Obama.
Bobby Kennedy for President
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(2018)
This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.
Trapped
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(2016)
This documentary, filmed in 2016 before the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, follows the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers fighting to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of people who can get pregnant, many of them poor and uninsured.
Gideon's Army
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(2013)
Follows three young, committed public defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay, and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
