Lynn Dow(II)
- Direção
- Redação
- Produção
Lynn Dow was born and raised in Harlem, New York. After graduating from Columbia University, she left Wall Street to make films about matters of the heart.
In It's Alright Dad (2021) Dow looked at the violence in our streets through the eyes of a young victim. It's Alright, Dad won best short film at the Twin City Black Film Festival. In Compassionate Release (2020)--which features the Bob Dylan song, "I Shall Be Released," and won best screenplay and audience awards at the Chelsea Film Festival--Dow shed light on the prison system's method of obtaining end of life care for dying inmates. The issue of gentrification is the focus of Still Harlem (2018), which was selected to screen by Pan African Film Festival as part of their yearlong 30th anniversary celebration. The debate on medical care versus religious objections is the subject of Above the Sun (2015).
Dow produced the documentary Neutralize (2021) and made her feature film directorial debut with the drama Bull Street (2024).
In It's Alright Dad (2021) Dow looked at the violence in our streets through the eyes of a young victim. It's Alright, Dad won best short film at the Twin City Black Film Festival. In Compassionate Release (2020)--which features the Bob Dylan song, "I Shall Be Released," and won best screenplay and audience awards at the Chelsea Film Festival--Dow shed light on the prison system's method of obtaining end of life care for dying inmates. The issue of gentrification is the focus of Still Harlem (2018), which was selected to screen by Pan African Film Festival as part of their yearlong 30th anniversary celebration. The debate on medical care versus religious objections is the subject of Above the Sun (2015).
Dow produced the documentary Neutralize (2021) and made her feature film directorial debut with the drama Bull Street (2024).
