Trailer Night is an opportunity to meet others in the documentary community and to provide feedback to several filmmakers on their trailers. Trailer Night is being moderated by Dawne Langford, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and producer focused on amplifying underrepresented stories. Her latest film, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence. Her past work includes CHECK IT, KANDAHAR JOURNALS, FINDING JOSEPH I, and THE BODY POLITIC (POV/PBS, 2024, Emmy-nominated). She is a Sundance Producers Lab Fellow (2023), Sundance + Adobe Women to Watch Fellow (2024), and a 2025 Dear Producer mentee, and received the 2026 Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction Film.

The Documentary Roundtable/Trailer Night is a regular program co-hosted by Docs In Progress and Women in Film and Video of Washington DC that alternates most months. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event. We are looking forward to meeting you there!

Featured Trailers:

🎥 BETWEEN TWO HANDS by Ayanna Gill

Set in Brooklyn, Between Two Hands follows veteran midwife Trinisha Williams and two expectant mothers as they navigate pregnancy within a healthcare system marked by stark racial disparities. Through intimate visual storytelling, the film reclaims birth as a powerful act of dignity, resistance, and community care.

🎥 STORIES FROM THE BALCONY by Joanna Hay (Docs In Progress Impact Fellow 2026)

Stories From the Balcony is an exploration of community, love, and belonging at Frankfort’s Grand Theatre in Kentucky during Jim Crow, told through Black and white residents, Tony Award–winner George C. Wolfe, and activist Katima Smith-Willis, reflecting on segregation, resistance, and the fight for a more just world.

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