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Nora Long

(She/Her/Hers)

Founder & Director, Phlogiston Films

Sarasota, Florida US

Available for Freelance

Open To Mentoring

About

Nora Long is an Emmy-nominated, multi-hyphenate filmmaker whose issue-focused documentary work has screened at film festivals around the world, been broadcast on PBS and Good Morning America, and used as an advocacy tool by dozens of non-profit organizations and community groups. Her films have received support from PNC Bank, the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Southern Exposure, and more. She holds an MFA in Film and Television Production from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she was an honors scholar.

Featured Work

Ballet After Dark

This short doc combines the realness of cinema verite and videologue with the sometimes imaginary world of social media and animation content to follow the journey of a trauma survivor’s attempt to create a women’s healing space in present day Baltimore.

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Toe the Line

A Florida man, perturbed by government-issued closed-toe shoe mandates, sets off on a journey to seek out the truth and spread open-toe shoe awareness to the public, but instead discovers far more questions than answers in this genre-bending mockumentary.

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The Food Fight

When most Americans imagine what food production looks like, they likely picture a small, family farm, tucked away in the countryside, verdant and spacious, where animals are free to roam a sunny hillside, as vibrant crops grow under the bright, blue sky. With the disappearance of family farms no secret to most, this image is one that may only exist today in children’s books, as a shining example of a time and practice long gone. Short documentary.

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A Cool Green Place

Reuben work days are filled typical cubicle-life drama: whether or not co-worker Frank will need the calculator that Reuben always borrows... if his ability to make color copies is valued enough by management... and if he can just make it through another day inside those four beige walls. But, today a new irritation awaits Reuben... a yucca plant (a move by HR to increase worker productivity) occupying his cubicle. Worse, Reuben quickly realizes that this is no average yucca.

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