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Dawn Logsdon

Dawn Logsdon

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About

DAWN LOGSDON's career has been dedicated to making films about civic issues and city life, particularly at the neighborhood level. She directed and produced Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008) which premiered nationally at the Tribeca International Film Festival. It went on to win the SFIFF Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary and was a PBS Black History Month feature presentation three years in a row. Dawn co-directed and edited Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013) and Lindy Boggs: Steel and Velvet (2008). Dawn edited the Sundance Award-winning Paragraph 175 by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Freidman, Academy Award-nominated Weather Underground by Sam Green, Emmy award-winning Have You Heard from Johannesburg? by Connie Field, the Peabody award-winning The Castro by Peter Stein and the critically-acclaimed feature-length essay films The Joy of Life and The…

Filmography
Free for All: The Public Library
Free for All: The Public Library2025 · Director, Writer
The Royal Road
The Royal Road2015 · Editor
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans2008 · Director, Producer
Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay
Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay2002 · Editor
Paragraph 175
Paragraph 1752000 · Editor
Blue Diary
Blue Diary1998 · Editor
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Castro
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Castro1997 · Editor