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Adam Forrester

(he/him/his)

DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER, Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia US

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About

Adam Forrester received his MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. His work has been screened and exhibited nationally and internationally as well as featured by NPR, The Bitter Southerner, ArtsATL and VICE Magazine. His documentary film work has won an Emmy (Southeast), been distributed to public television stations across the U.S., and screened at DOC NYC, IFF Boston, ATL Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, indie grits, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Adam makes work about bizarre myths and mumbled truths. From time to time, he reminisces about the moment when jelly shoes and reebok pumps were popular. He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Featured Work

Some Million Miles

Set atop Sand Mountain, Alabama, SOME MILLION MILES presents a meditation on loss and the search for redemption amid a rural landscape of abundant beauty and deep poverty. Through a series of confessional vignettes, we meet Chico, Alice, and Misty, whose lives have been shaped by systemic marginalization, domestic violence, and methamphetamine use.

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Jared Dawson is the Church of Lavonia Elberton

After Jared Dawson’s family forced him out of his childhood home because of their staunch religious convictions, he discovered his alter ego as a radical drag performer. As “Lavonia Elberton,” Jared navigates a new sense of belonging and family within the LGBTQIA+ community of Atlanta.

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