Sometimes power exists where you least expect it. A Greater Society follows a South Florida retirement community and the political kingmakers who live there.
Stacy Goldate, ACE, began her career in journalism when she created Vanderbilt University’s first radio news program, nominated for an award by The Society of Professional Journalists. She went on to direct the award-winning documentary LUCY BARKS! about Nashville’s former all-ages punk music venue, Lucy’s Record Shop, featuring Bikini Kill, Lambchop, and other 90s music icons. In Chicago, she worked for Women in the Director’s Chair and helped develop an after school media arts program for LGBTQ+ youth through The Video Machete Collective. She was named one of Chicago’s “30 Under 30” by the Windy City Times and received her MFA in Film/Video at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she directed the sci-fi film DOMINATRIX WAITRIX and a series of short films and video installations that screened worldwide, including The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Outfest LA, and The London LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Stacy is now based in Los Angeles where she directs, produces, and edits documentaries. She and Craig A. Colton formed Deranged Squirrel Productions and co-directed the feature documentary A GREATER SOCIETY. She has also edited many acclaimed documentaries for film and tv including IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (dir. Amy Berg) for which she and co-editor Brian A. Kates, ACE were nominated for an ACE Eddie Award, DISCLOSURE (dir. Sam Feder) for which she was nominated for an IDA Editing Award, The Emmy-winning OUT OF IRAQ (dir. Chris McKim, dir. Eva Orner), The Netflix hit feature doc OUR FATHER (dir. Lucie Jourdan) and festival favorite HILLBILLY (dir Ashley York, dir Sally Rubin). Goldate has also edited more than a dozen television series including LOLLA: THE STORY OF LOLLAPALOOZA, HIGH HORSE: THE BLACK COWBOY, THE NINETIES, THE 2000s, 1968: THE YEAR THAT CHANGED AMERICA, PUSH GIRLS, and many more.
