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Dawn Porter Details How Private Funding In The Documentary Space Could Help Plug Financial Gaps – MIPTV


Dawn Porter has talked documentary finance & Lady Bird Johnson at MIP TV.

Storied docs producer Dawn Porter has said private funding in the documentary space could help plug financial gaps that have opened up in today’s challenging market. Although she cracked wise at the start of her talk with the opening line: “I bring you news from America where the commissions are plentiful and they all come within two weeks,” Porter urged doc producers to stay positive. Porter’s Trilogy has made a wealth of recent docs for both the big and small screen including on Luther Vandross, Bobby Kennedy and the history of the Supreme Court.

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