
Dawn Porter
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Dawn Porter is an American documentary filmmaker known for Trapped (2016), Gideon's Army (2013) and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) and founder of production company Trilogy Films.
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When a Witness Recants (2026)
Director

The Way I See It (2020)
Director

Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
Director

The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
Director

John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Director

Power of the Dream (2024)
Director

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net (2022)
Director

Spies of Mississippi (2014)
Director

Trapped (2016)
Director

Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story (2026)
Director
Women Who Make History (2021)
Director

Gideon's Army (2013)
Director

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021)
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Edge of Daybreak (2025)
Director
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage (—)
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Voting Matters (2018)
Director

The Racial Politics of Abortion (2018)
Director

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain (2020)
Director

My Brother’s Keeper (2015)
Director

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance (2021)
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