Porter’s work has appeared on HBO, PBS, Discovery and Netflix, among others. She currently serves as a director and executive producer of an Apple TV documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, which focuses on both mental illness and mental well-being.
Porter directed and produced the acclaimed four-hour Netflix original series “Bobby Kennedy for President,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. She is a two-time Sundance Film Festival director, and her film “Trapped” won the Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking at Sundance in 2016, in addition to winning a Peabody and numerous other awards.
To watch a livestream of the program on Jan. 27, visit www.kent.edu/diversity/MLK.
To view Kent State’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Events Calendar, visit www.kent.edu/diversity/mlk-celebration-calendar-events.
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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter will serve as this year’s keynote speaker at 鶹ý’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The virtual event will take place Jan. 27.
Media Contacts:
Eric Mansfield, emansfie@kent.edu, 330-672-2797
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