Christine Turner
J’NAI BRIDGES UNAMPLIFIED
Post-production grant
Funds will be used toward final finishing.
About the project: Rising opera singer J’Nai Bridges returns to the stage with renewed purpose in “A Knee on the Neck,” a tribute to the life and legacy of George Floyd.
About the filmmaker: Christine Turner is a documentary filmmaker whose work has been called “Exquisitely tender” and “Thoughtful and enlightening” by The Washington Post. Her latest film, Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day” (Paramount+), won an NAACP Image Award, was shortlisted for an Oscar and is nominated for a Peabody Award. Previously, Christine directed the critically acclaimed documentary Homegoings, about a renowned funeral director in Harlem. Now streaming on the Criterion Channel, the film premiered at Documentary Fortnight at MoMA and aired nationally on the PBS series POV. Her short film Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business, about a 93 year-old artist whose work explodes stereotypes of Black femininity, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was featured as a New York Times Op-Doc.