The unmarked home of openly-gay playwright Tennessee Williams in my rural Mississippi hometown sets the stage for me - a queer and white filmmaker - to look anew at personal impacts and often-unspoken legacies of segregation and homophobia in my home state.
Christie Herring (she/her) is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and editor who has worked in documentary film for over 25 years. Her work broaches complex political and cultural subjects, reaching national and international audiences through outlets including the Tribeca Film Festival, PBS and major streaming services, and the White House and US Embassies around the world. She directed THE CAMPAIGN (PBS) which followed California’s battle over queer marriage equality and SINGING FOR JUSTICE (PBS, with Estelle Freedman), featuring political and musical renegade Faith Petric. Recent editing and producing credits include THE BIG SCARY "S" WORD (Hulu, editor/co-producer), CODE: DEBUGGING THE GENDER GAP (Tribeca, editor/producer), 23 MILE (True/False, producer), ONE PERSON ONE VOTE (PBS, consulting editor/co-producer), DEATH IS OUR BUSINESS (PBS Frontline, finishing editor), BIAS (Amazon, editor/producer), and POINT OF NO RETURN (PBS NOVA, editor). In addition to her work in feature documentaries, Christie has directed several shorts films, has worked with numerous organizations on mission-driven storytelling, and her research background includes five years as a Project Director at the Harvard School of Public Health. Christie is a Member and former Steering Committee Chair of the 50-year-old film distribution coop New Day Films. She is an instructor with the American Film Showcase, and labs and residencies include Yaddo, the SFFILM Film House, UnionDocs, the NBPC New Media Institute, the ITVS Queer X-Change, and the CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy. She received her BA from Duke University and her MA in Documentary Filmmaking from Stanford University.
