AFTER SHERMAN is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history. An exploration of coastal South Carolina as a site of pride and racial trauma through Gullah cultural retention and land preservation is violently interrupted.
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer
Jon-Sesrie Goff is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and arts administrator. Jon has offered his lens to a variety of projects spanning many genres. including the recently released and award-winning documentaries OUT IN THE NIGHT (POV, Logo 2015) and EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL (Independent Lens, 2015), among several other projects. He has an M.F.A. in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University and is currently the executive director of The Flaherty Seminar. Prior to coming to Flaherty, Jon served as the Museum Specialist for Film at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, where he was responsible for developing the museum’s public film program.
Producer
Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich is a filmmaker and artist. Her work has screened all over the world, including at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and in film festivals such as the New Orleans Film Festival, Doclisboa, and Blackstar Film Festival. She is the recipient of a 2019 Rema Hort Mann Award, a 2019 UNDO fellowship and grant, a 2015 TFI ESPN Future Filmmaker Award, and a 2014 Princess Grace Award in film. Madeleine has an M.F.A. from Temple University. She is currently an assistant professor in film and television production at CUNY - Queens College in New York City.
Producer
blair dorosh-walther identifies as gender non-conforming, using both male and female pronouns, and is a social issue and award-winning documentary director and artist with a passion for inspiring action for social justice through media. blair graduated with a B.F.A. in Film from NYU where he was awarded the Adam Balsano Award for social significance in documentary filmmaking. Her first feature-length documentary, OUT IN THE NIGHT, has been in over 100 film festivals, winning a dozen awards. blair is currently a Guggenheim Fellow and sits on the board of All Access Supports for the Living.