MDOCS Storytellers' Institute presents: Yvonne Welbon
Yvonne Welbon kicks off the Storytellers' Institute with a showcase meditating on the role of family in her film.
Senior Fellow Yvonne Welbon has produced and distributed over 20 films including Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @100, winner of ten best documentary awards and Sisters in Cinema, a documentary on the history of black women feature film directors. Her films have
screened on PBS, Starz/Encore, TV-ONE, IFC, Bravo, the Sundance Channel, BET, HBO
and in over one hundred film festivals around the world. Her current projects include
The New Black, an award winning documentary directed by Yoruba Richen that captures the complex
intersection between faith, racial justice and LGBT rights and Sisters in the Life
a trans-media project exploring the history of out African American lesbian media-making.
Welbon received a B.A. from Vassar College, an M.F.A from the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She is also a graduate of the
American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women.