WRITER/CO-DIRECTOR
SAPELO
2023 EMMY NOMINEE FOR
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY
A heartfelt elegy...an affecting coming-of-age story underpinned by a lament for a vanishing heritage. An involving documentary.
Screen International
Sapelo journeys within a unique American island to tell the story of its matriarchal griot, Cornelia Walker Bailey, and her adopted sons coming of age in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people.
Reflecting on the complicated splendor of her youth, Cornelia strives to shepherd her young sons through theirs. At the dawn of adolescence, the brothers inherit her hope, but their bond is tested as they begin to face the wider world.
BEST FEATURE FILM
National Competition - Visions du Réel
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Kansas City International Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
River Run International Film Festival
Bend Film Festival
BEST DIRECTING
BEST DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bend Film Festival
PRIX DE SOLEURE - NOMINEE
Solothurner Filmtage
HONORABLE MENTION
Nashville Film Festival
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Cinema on the Bayou