Work In Progress Screenings

WORK IN PROGRESS SCREENINGS ARE BACK AND IN PERSON!  

Work In Progress Screenings is Docs In Progress' flagship rough cut screening program as part of our artist services. Established in May 2004 as our very first program, more than 150 not-quite-done documentaries and filmmakers have received valuable feedback from audiences committed to a peer review process. 

By actively involving the audience in the feedback process we fulfill our core mission of fostering a sense of community and engagement within the art of filmmaking. Filmmakers receiving this help reached their goal of completion and distribution. Films workshopped at Docs went onto national broadcast, premiered at major festivals, and won awards such as the Peabody, Oscar Short List, and Emmy. 

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2024 Work In Progress Screenings

 

SEEING WITHOUT SIGHT

by Alyscia Cunningham

Seeing Without Sight explores the profound experience of beauty through the lives of women with vision loss, challenging societal norms and redefining perception beyond the visual.

 

DOCS @ MLK

SAVING ETTING STREET

by Amy Scott and Dena Fisher

Saving Etting Street follows carpenter Shelley Halstead as she trains a group of three young, Black women in construction skills by rehabbing vacant and abandoned houses in West Baltimore, challenging generations of racism and sexism in housing.

 

PROJECTING PROTEST

by Tom Clement

Projecting Protest explores the rise of guerrilla light projection as a bold, unregulated protest tactic, challenging legal boundaries and questioning the future of dissent.

 

DOCS @MLK

LISTEN TO ME

by Stephanie Etienne and Kanika Harris

Listen to Me amplifies the voices of Black women battling racism in maternal health, sharing a story of resilience, healing, and rebirth.

DC'S HEARTBEAT

by Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg

DC’s Heartbeat explores what it means to create an accessible art space in Washington DC.

 

 

2022 Work In Progress Screenings 

 

PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
by Mabel Valdiviezo

Through the intimate lens of one courageous survivor, the film explores the complex nexus of family separation, mental health, immigration and belonging.Prodigal_Daughter_Poster.jpg

 

 

ALLIANCE
by Susan Donnelly

Alliance tells the story of the Alliance Colony, settled in 1882 in New Jersey by Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Russia. Alliance_Poster.png

 

Past Work In Progress