Tribeca Storytellers Summit: Who Gets the Camera? New Voices in Documentary from Inside Institutions 

Saturday, June 6, 2-3pm; Spring Studios, 5th Floor, 6 St Johns Ln, New York, NY 10013

Thomas Allen Harris will moderate a conversation exploring a growing shift in nonfiction storytelling as incarcerated filmmakers and creators within historically closed systems reclaim authorship of their own narratives. 

 

As access to tools, training, and platforms expands—through initiatives like prison-based film festivals and public media partnerships—stories about prisons, disability institutions, and other systems are moving from outsider observation to insider perspective. This panel examines how these voices are reshaping both the craft and power dynamics of documentary filmmaking.