
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

John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Director

Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
Director

Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story (2026)
Director

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net (2022)
Director

The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
Director

Spies of Mississippi (2014)
Director

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021)
Director

Power of the Dream (2024)
Director

Gideon's Army (2013)
Director

Trapped (2016)
Director
Women Who Make History (2021)
Director

My Brother’s Keeper (2015)
Director
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage (—)
Director
Edge of Daybreak (2025)
Director

Voting Matters (2018)
Director

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance (2021)
Director

The Racial Politics of Abortion (2018)
Director

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain (2020)
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