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The PRISON OUTSIDE (in production)
Sentenced to life for crimes he committed as a child, Terrence Graham took his fight for freedom all the way to the Supreme Court and won. After twenty-one years behind bars, he is finally getting out - but is life outside just another prison?
Directed by Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Produced by Meg Shutzer, Terrence Graham, Rahsaan Thomas, Molly Forster & Brandon Yadegari Moreno. A Family Pictures production, with support from SFFilm.
MOTHER (24 min. 2023)
In San Francisco, a city known for its vibrant gay community, nowhere feels like home to Malia Spanyol, a self-identified dyke who sets out to build a space for women and femmes.
Directed by Meg Shutzer & Brandon Yadegari Moreno. Produced by Meg Shutzer. A Family Pictures production, in association with IF/Then and Hulu.
8 Days at Ware (26 min. 2022)
Back-to-back suicides at a juvenile detention center in rural Louisiana raise troubling questions about the state’s justice system and exposes a legacy of abuse and neglect.
Directed, produced and edited by Meg Shutzer and Rachel Lauren Mueller. Now streaming on PBS.
Knocking Down the Fences (18 min. 2019)
This is the story of a superstar athlete and why the sports industry hasn't put her on your radar. AJ Andrews is the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove, an award given to the best fielders in baseball for decades. But winning the Gold Glove did not change the fact that Andrews earns less than $15k a year in an industry more willing to pay female athletes to model than to play their sport.
Directed, produced & edited by Meg Shutzer. Winner of the PBS Reel South Award, the best student documentary at the 2019 Nashville Film Festival, audience award at SF Indie Fest, Best Documentary at the Humboldt Film Festival and runner up for the 2019 Anchorage Film Festival Audience Choice Award. Now streaming on PBS.
New Generation Queens: a Zanzibar soccer story (49 min. 2015)
An award-winning documentary about Zanzibar's women's soccer team.
Directed & produced by Meg Shutzer. New Generation Queens premiered at the Manhattan Film Festival where it won best International Documentary. The film went on to win several awards, including Best Picture at the Global Cinema Film Festival, and Best Documentary and Best Social Impact film at FilmShift. Streaming on Amazon Prime, Google Play and Vimeo on Demand. Click on the photograph to watch the trailer.
