PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
Katie Couric and Dawn Porter Will Expose How Medicine Is Failing Women With New Documentary "HORMONAL!"
Katie Couric Media | June 23, 2026Pat Summitt's Impact On Women's Basketball Highlighted in New Film
Good Morning America | March 25, 2026Dawn Porter Says It Was a “Challenge” to Make ‘When a Witness Recants’ Doc | THR Studio at Park City
The Hollywood Reporter | January 31, 2026“When A Witness Recants” Traces How False Testimony Stole Three Lives
Sundance | January 30, 2026‘When a Witness Recants’ Review: A Powerful Documentary Uses Animation and New Interviews to Redraw a Decades-Old Injustice
Variety | January 27, 2026Sundance 2026: Ta-Nehisi Coates and more on their film, ‘When a Witness Recants’
Los Angeles Times | January 26, 2026Dawn Porter to Receive Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s 2026 Tribute Award (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety | November 12, 2025Veteran Documentarian Dawn Porter Making Narrative Debut With ‘NOBODY: The Bert Williams Story,’ Biopic Of Vaudeville Icon
Deadline | February 14, 2025Dawn Porter Details How Private Funding In The Documentary Space Could Help Plug Financial Gaps – MIPTV
Deadline | April 7, 2024Dawn Porter Directing Doc On Untold Story Of Nelson & Winnie Mandela For Her Trilogy Films, Schultz Family Foundation
Deadline | February 13, 2024Hold Up, How Have We Gone Without a Luther Vandross Doc?
Vulture | January 22, 2024‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Review: Dawn Porter’s Ebullient Tribute to a Singular R&B Balladeer
The Hollywood Reporter | January 22, 2024‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Review: Doc Explores the Thick and Thin of a Soul Legend’s Legacy
Variety | January 21, 2024Luther Vandross Documentary From Dawn Porter to Premiere at 2024 Sundance Film Festival
Pitchfork | December 6, 2023Critic’s Pick — ‘The Lady Bird Diaries’ Review: A 1960s First Lady Speaks
The New York Times | November 13, 2023‘The footage is very honest’: Uncovering the real Lady Bird Johnson
The Guardian | November 13, 2023‘The Lady Bird Diaries’ Review: The Late First Lady Gives One of the Great Star Turns of Any Recent Doc
IndieWire | November 13, 2023‘The Lady Bird Diaries’: Portrait of a first lady, in her own words
The Washington Post | November 1, 2023REVIEW: ‘The Lady Bird Diaries’
Keith and the Movies | October 23, 2023A Look at ‘The Lady Bird Diaries’ Trailer
ABC News’ Good Morning America | October 13, 2023Lady Bird Johnson Remembers JFK Assassination In Powerful Clip From ‘The Lady Bird Diaries,’ Premiering In November On Hulu
Deadline | September 13, 2023‘With ‘Deadlocked,’ Dawn Porter Expands Her Canvas
The New York Times | September 8, 2023‘Deadlocked’ Trailer: Dawn Porter’s Showtime Docuseries Explores What Led To The Tumult And Waning Trust In The Supreme Court
Deadline | August 1, 2023Dawn Porter to Direct; Jamie Foxx, Colin Firth, Sony Music Producing Documentary on Legendary Singer Luther Vandross
The Hollywood Reporter | July 11, 2023Variety and Rolling Stone Return With Truth Seekers Summit in New York, Featuring Rachel Maddow, Roy Wood, Jr., Dawn Porter, Liz Garbus and More
Variety | June 8, 2023
Christina Applegate, Ava DuVernay, & Dawn Porter Among Gracie Award Winners For Women In Media
Deadline | March 30, 2023SXSW ’23: Dawn Porter on giving a First Lady her voice with ‘The Lady Bird Diaries’
Realscreen | March 13, 2023‘The Lady Bird Diaries’ Review: A Compelling Insider’s View of a Presidency Like No Other
The Hollywood Reporter | March 10, 2023Why SXSW Doc ‘Lady Bird Diaries’ Represented a ‘Delicious Opportunity’ for Filmmaker Dawn Porter
Variety | March 9, 20235 Women Directors on Why Oscars Recognition Matters — Even If They Don't Want to Care
Pop Sugar | March 8, 2023Between the U.S. and Cuba, More Cultural Exchanges and Engagement Signal a Modest Shift in Policy
NBC News | March 7, 202310 Black Women Filmmakers Who Have Shaped the Cinema Landscape of the 21st Century
Rotten Tomatoes | February 28, 2023Filmmaker Dawn Porter on Why Civil Rights Giant Rev. James Lawson Deserves to Be Remembered Alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
Variety | February 27, 2023DOC NYC 2022 Women Directors: Meet Dawn Porter – ‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’
Women and Hollywood | November 15, 2022Guest Column: Why Individual Stories Get Lost in the Fight for Abortion Rights
Hollywood Reporter | July 21, 2022Dawn Porter Explores Supreme Court In Showtime Docuseries ‘Confirmed’
Deadline | June 28, 2022Dawn Porter Previews ‘Fifty/50,’ Her ESPN Docuseries About Gender Discrimination in Sports
Variety | October 19, 2021Variety and Rolling Stone Announce Truth Seekers Summit Presented by Showtime
Variety | July 21, 2021Cirque Du Soleil Feature Doc In The Works From Dawn Porter & MGM Television
Deadline Hollywood | June 30, 2021AFI Docs names Dawn Porter as 2021 Charles Guggenheim Symposium Honoree
Realscreen | May 20, 2021John Lewis Doc Filmmaker Dawn Porter Reacts to Capitol Riots: ‘This is Harder Without Him’
Hollywood Reporter | January 14, 2021Dawn Porter’s Obama Documentary ‘The Way I See It’ Lifts MSNBC to Highest-Rated Friday Night Ever
The Wrap | October 22, 2020