Dawn Porter Changing Narratives in Documentaries
Turning her lens on overlooked or obscured chapters of history has earned documentarian Dawn Porter a place in the list of the 10 Black women filmmakers who have “most shaped the cinema landscape of the 21st century,” according to the influential movie-ranking website, Rotten Tomatoes.
The former attorney’s noteworthy catalog...
J. Ivy’s Mission to Empower Through Poetry
When J. Ivy stepped up to receive the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at last year’s ceremony, it was the culmination of a three-decade journey. Thirty years earlier to the month, he had performed at his Chicago high school for the first time, discovering a...
Manteo Mitchell’s Plucky Break
Manteo Mitchell's first-leg run in the final of the men’s 4x400-meter relay in the 2012 Olympics in London has been heralded as one of the most remarkable in the history of the Games. Not because it powered the Team USA quartet to a silver medal—but because he finished it...
Glenn Marshall on Breaking into the News Business
Glenn Marshall specializes in telling other people’s stories, but his own is pretty remarkable. The young television reporter who found his career in the toilet—literally—after just a couple of years is now a seasoned and respected fixture in one of the country’s leading markets.
The morning newsman on Chicago’s WGN-TV...
Luxury in Lens: The Artistry of Robert Ector’s Fashion Photography
You don't serve up a great steak on a plastic plate. So, when you’re featuring the best of the fashion world in a book, you don’t produce a cheap paperback. Instead, there’s Robert Ector’s Details: City Streets are the Real Runways, which captures Fashion Week highlights from London, Milan,...
