Plays in DC[FRAME] Program: Body Electric
Sunday, June 15
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Regal Gallery Place

701 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call

Co-Directors

Sonia Kennebeck, Tetiana Anderson

Executive Producers

Tetiana Anderson, Sonia Kennebeck, Stanley Nelson, Marcia Smith, Monika Navarro, Michael Kantor, Joseph Skinner

Producers

Tetiana Anderson, Sonia Kennebeck

Editor

Maxine Goedicke

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Jih-E Peng

Additional Cinematography

Music

Janétza Maria Miranda

Sound

Carl Pagano

Narration

Contact

Tetiana Anderson, Starfield Media info@starfieldmedia.com

Danielle Scott, a legally blind Afro-Cuban, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own wellbeing by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade. She traces her ancestors’ lives for a greater purpose: creating art that exposes the wretched pain and intense beauty of the era, while guiding her audience through an experiential journey towards healing and hope.

Co-Director, Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call

Sonia Kennebeck is an award-winning director, writer, producer, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her directing credits include critically-acclaimed feature films Reality Winner (SXSW 2021), Enemies of the State (TIFF 2020), and National Bird (Berlinale Special 2016). Her work screened worldwide at major festivals and in theaters, and has been widely distributed through Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, PBS, ARD, Comcast, New York Times OpDocs, and others. She received a Chicken & Egg Award, the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize, and an Emmy nomination. Her work has been supported repeatedly by most major film foundations, including Sundance Institute, Firelight Media, International Documentary Association, and the Reva & David Logan Foundation.

Co-Director, Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call

Tetiana Anderson produces, writes, directs, and develops films and commercials for wide distribution. She is also a brand consultant for major corporations including L’Oréal and NYX Professional Makeup, NGOs like United Way Worldwide, governments and others on all aspects of brand development, communications, strategy, and messaging. A two-time Emmy nominee, she hosts Comcast’s national public affairs program, Comcast Newsmakers, highlighting topics of equity, inclusion, and access in areas including fair housing, Indigenous life, prison reform, and women’s rights. Tetiana serves on the national board of Easterseals, an organization that has focused for over 100 years on providing care, access, and equity to those living with disabilities.