Linda Goldstein Knowlton

História

Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker working in documentary, scripted feature films, and television. Her most recent film, We Are The Radical Monarchs, premiered at SXSW19 and was broadcast on PBS. She began her career producing feature films, including Whale Rider and The Shipping News, and began directing documentaries in 2003.

Filmes

Split at the Root
Director
When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids under Zero Tolerance Policy, a group of women sprang into action. Our film focuses on immigrant mothers navigating US bureaucracy and the volunteer group reuniting separated families.
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Producer
A group of tween girls chant into megaphones, marching in the San Francisco Trans March. Fists clenched high, they wear brown berets and vests showcasing colorful badges like “Black Lives Matter” and “Radical Beauty.” Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color at the front lines of social justice. Set in Oakland, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, the film documents the journey of the group as they earn badges for completing units including being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment, and disability justice. Started by two fierce, queer women of color, we follow them as they face the challenge to grow the organization, both pre/post the 2016 election
We Are the Radical Monarchs
Director
A group of tween girls chant into megaphones, marching in the San Francisco Trans March. Fists clenched high, they wear brown berets and vests showcasing colorful badges like “Black Lives Matter” and “Radical Beauty.” Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color at the front lines of social justice. Set in Oakland, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, the film documents the journey of the group as they earn badges for completing units including being an LGBTQ ally, preserving the environment, and disability justice. Started by two fierce, queer women of color, we follow them as they face the challenge to grow the organization, both pre/post the 2016 election
O Quebra-Nozes e os Quatro Reinos
Executive Producer
Clara, jovem esperta e independente, perde a única chave mágica capaz de abrir um presente de valor incalculável dado por seu padrinho. Safa na solução de problemas, ela decide então iniciar uma jornada de resgate que a leva pelo Reino dos Doces, o Reino das Neves, o Reino das Flores e o sinistro Quarto Reino.
Radical Brownies
Director
Berets, badges, Black Lives Matter and social justice: the youth group for activist girls of colour.The Radical Monarchs is an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of colour in Oakland. Its members earn badges not for sewing or selling cookies, but for completing challenges on social justice including Black Lives Matter, 'radical beauty', being 'an LGBTQ ally' and the environment.
Code Black
Producer
Code Black follows a team of young, idealistic and energetic ER doctors during the transition from the old to the new L.A. County as they try to avoid burnout and improve patient care. Why do they persist, despite being under siege by rules, regulations and paperwork?
Somewhere Between
Producer
Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four distinct individuals reflect on their experiences as members of transracial families.
Somewhere Between
Director
Questions of race, identity and heritage are explored through the lives of young American women growing up as adoptees from China. These four distinct individuals reflect on their experiences as members of transracial families.
The World According to Sesame Street
Director
A documentary which examines the creation and co-production of the popular children's television program in three developing countries: Bangladesh, Kosovo and South Africa.
Bobby McFerrin: Try This at Home
Producer
Recorded at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis in September 1999.
Chegadas e Partidas
Producer
Um jornalista volta com a filha à sua cidadezinha natal depois de viver uma experiência traumática no casamento, descobre segredos da sua família e se envolve com uma mãe solteira que também tem o próprio segredo a guardar.
Loucos do Alabama
Producer
Durante o verão de 1965, em Alabama, a excêntrica Lucille Vinson, que sempre foi maltratada pelo marido, resolve matá-lo e fugir para Hollywood em busca de fama. Logo depois, o sobrinho de Lucille, Peejoe, assiste o assassinato de um negro e acaba se envolvendo na luta dos direitos civis.
Dr. Mumford - Inocência ou Culpa?
Producer
In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.