Jyllian Gunther
TFI Support
About
Jyllian Gunther (Director /Producer/DP) is an Emmy Award-winning director who has worked extensively as a Writer, Producer, and Director for PBS, WGBH, Nickelodeon, Noggin, MTV and others. Ms.Gunther produced and directed a series of educational PSA’s for Maryland Public Television, for which she won an Emmy in 2002. Her critically acclaimed first documentary, PULLOUT, was an official selection at numerous film festivals. Jyllian has also been a public and private educator in the fields of art, drama, and creative writing.
The New Public
The New Public witnesses one community's arduous and idealistic endeavor to found its own public school. The film chronicles the 1st and 4th year of the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM) in an attempt re-invent urban education in their community of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.