Sean Mattison

Movies

The Drums Will Protect You
Director
Jazz drummer Kassa Overall reflects on his time in the Covid-empty city while preparing to leave—perhaps forever.
Women in Blue
Cinematography
Following three female police officers in Minneapolis, Women in Blue charts their progress and efforts to remake the department to become more inclusive. When the killing of Justine Damond results in the resignation of Chief Harteau, it threatens the gains women have made in the department.
500 Years
Additional Camera
From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, the sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent history is told through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to reimagine their society.
Mother Tongue
Director of Photography
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.
Overdue
Cinematography
Krissy and Brendan want a natural birth. In New York City, parents have two weeks from their due date before doctors must induce. Today is Krissy and Brendan's due date and they'll try anything to avoid inducing now that they're overdue.