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Sabrina Schmidt Gordon is an American documentary filmmaker. She is known for producing and editing films on cultural and social issues. In 2018, she was invited to become a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).[1]
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Gordon co-produced and edited DOCUMENTED, a documentary about Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and immigration activist. DOCUMENTED was nominated for the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary.[2] She won ADIFF 2015's Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color for BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez[3] about poet and activist Sonia Sanchez. It was broadcast on America ReFramed and nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary.[4] Other notable filmography include Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, produced with Byron Hurt, and Quest, which was nominated for the 2018 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature,[5] the 2019 Peabody Award[6] and the 2019 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary and Outstanding Social Issue Documentary.[7]
Gordon graduated from New York University and is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University.[8]
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- Victim/Suspect (Netflix) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
- To the End (Hulu) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
- Quest (POV - PBS) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
- BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez (America ReFramed - PBS) (Premiere: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival)
- DOCUMENTED (CNN Films) (Premiere: AFI Docs)
- Mrs. Goundo's Daughter (Afropop - PBS) (Premiere: AFI Docs)
- Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (Independent Lens - PBS) (Premiere: Sundance Film Festival)
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