About
Contessa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist, and an Emmy-nominated producer. She tells stories about identity, socio-political movement, healing, liberation, and radical imagination, with a focus on race and gender.
Filmography
The Debutantes2024 · Director, Producer
Songs from the Hole2024 · Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Founder Girls2023 · Director, Producer
For Our Children2022 · Director of Photography
Surge2020 · Cinematography
The Feminist on Cellblock Y2018 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography