Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

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Dawn Porter is an American documentary filmmaker known for Trapped (2016), Gideon's Army (2013) and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) and founder of production company Trilogy Films.

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When a Witness Recants

When a Witness Recants

Director

2026

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Edge of Daybreak

Director

2025

The Sing Sing Chronicles

The Sing Sing Chronicles

Director

2024

10.0
Luther: Never Too Much

Luther: Never Too Much

Director

2024

8.0
Power of the Dream

Power of the Dream

Director

2024

6.5
The Lady Bird Diaries

The Lady Bird Diaries

Director

2023

6.3
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Director

2023

7.0
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

Director

2022

7.3
37 Words

37 Words

Director

2022

4.0
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance

Director

2021

8.0
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Director

2021

8.0
The Me You Can't See

The Me You Can't See

Director

2021

6.3
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Women Who Make History

Director

2021

9.0
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

Director

2020

The Way I See It

The Way I See It

Director

2020

7.8
John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Director

2020

4.1
Voting Matters

Voting Matters

Director

2018

The Racial Politics of Abortion

The Racial Politics of Abortion

Director

2018

Bobby Kennedy for President

Bobby Kennedy for President

Director

2018

7.8
Trapped

Trapped

Director

2016

7.0
My Brother’s Keeper

My Brother’s Keeper

Director

2015

Spies of Mississippi

Spies of Mississippi

Director

2014

7.3
Gideon's Army

Gideon's Army

Director

2013

7.1
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Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Director

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