With roots in Miami, Austin and New York City, Joel Fendelman has written, produced, and directed award-winning narrative and documentary films. Joel most recently received an IDA Documentary Award for his fourth feature film Man on Fire, which premiered at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2018 and had its broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens during the 2018-19 season. 

For this presentation on OVID, Joel discusses three films: his feature-length doc North Putnam, which depicts a year in the life of a rural Indiana school district and the community it serves; plus two shorts, Auction, an eight-minute portrait of a cattle auction in Gonzales, Texas; and Band of Sisters, a seven-minute look at one of the largest marches for women’s rights in the U.S. as they march through the Streets of Washington D.C.