Swimming On Dry Land
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(2013 TFI Worldview Partnership)
Jamaica is a land of many contradictions. The country that created Bob Marley and gave the world Rastafari, Reggae Music and “One Love” has also produced a culture that is very intolerant of diversity.
Michelle Serieux
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Michelle Serieux is a Jamaica-based, St. Lucian native filmmaker. In 2012, she won the Royal Bank Of Canada's Emerging Caribbean filmmaker award. Michelle is also the first Caribbean recipient of the Tribeca Film Institute's/WorldView Latin American Documentary Fund Grant.
Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
POST PRODUCTION & EDITING CONSULTANT
SABRINA SCHMIDT GORDON is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and impact strategist from NYC. Her latest film, QUEST, is a New York TimesCritic’s Pick and nominated for numerous awards including an Independent Spirit Award, a Peabody, and two Emmys. Sabrina’s directing debut was the Emmy-nominated BaddDDDSonia Sanchez, which she co-directed, co-produced, and edited, winning the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color award at the African Diaspora International Film Festival in 2016. She is also the co-producer and editor of DOCUMENTED, the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning undocumented journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas. In 2018, she was inducted into The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.