Director: Maggie Burnette Stogner
Producers: Elizabeth Joy Herzfeldt-Kamprath

Description:

This is a timely, powerful look at fifty years of the Clean Air Act and the challenges we still face to ensure healthy air for everyone. Weaving historical milestones with current day stories of environmental injustice, the film is an excellent tool for educational and community engagement. Asthma is the number one health issue for children, and recent research links air pollution to higher cases and deaths from COVID-19. Environmental regulations and enforcement of existing laws are being stripped away when the need for renewable energy is more urgent than ever. Film was made with support from the American Lung Association, AU’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking, AU’s Center for Environmental Policy, and the Hanley Foundation.

Biography:

Maggie Burnette Stogner brings 30 years of award-winning filmmaking experience to this project and is the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University. She is founder of Blue Bear Films, an independent production company of documentaries and world-touring museum films. She was a producer and Senior Producer of National Geographic’s weekly series Explorer for nine years. Her acclaimed indie film about criminal justice In the Executioner’s Shadow presented at UNAFF 2020 is distributed by New Day Films. Mary is an executive member of WIFV in Washington D.C., a voting member of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, and a judge for National Emmy Awards.

Elizabeth Joy Herzfeldt-Kamprath is an award-winning filmmaker focused on telling character driven stories at the intersection of the natural world and society. She is an American University, School of Communication alumna.

Contact Information:

w: http://www.unbreathable.org
e: herzfeej@gmail.com