Leslie Harris

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Leslie Harris (born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Her early film work consisted of animations and live action shorts. With her 1992 film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., Leslie Harris became the first African-American woman director, writer, producer and executive producer to win a Special Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival for Best Feature Film. Harris has lectured on film making and film at Tulane University, Wellesley College, Portland State University, Columbia University and the Canadian Film Institute. Harris has also taught both screenwriting and film production classes as both a full-time and adjunct professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.


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Directors on Directing

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Released: 2009-09-24

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times...

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Made in the USA

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Released: 1993-09-25

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

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New York Conversations

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Released: 2010-09-21

New York Conversations is a documentary made of varied conversations revolving around cinema in...

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Indie Sex

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First aired: 2007-08-01

Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

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