Maris Curran Filmmaker

Maris Curran is a director and producer whose films have screened at Berlinale and MoMA and have been featured on The New York Times Op-Docs and the PBS series Independent Lens. Her debut narrative feature, Five Nights in Maine, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Weist, and Rosie Perez. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, has participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program, and is a former Fulbright fellow.

Film

While I Yet Live

Five African American women quilters and freedom-fighters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, share their cultural and family heritage of quilting.

by Maris Curran

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Film

The Man is the Music

Atlanta-based artist and musician Lonnie Holley finds healing in the transformative power of art.

by Maris Curran

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Webinar

Community Conversation Series: Discussion with Filmmaker Maris Curran

While I Yet Live

by Maris Curran

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Student Contest Winners and Finalists: The Environment Is in You

This contest challenged students to take a photograph or create an original illustration that documents the fragility, hope, and future of our planet’s ecosystem due to climate change.