Trilogy Films’ founder Dawn Porter to give a keynote at MIPDOC

Acclaimed documentarian Dawn Porter will give the 2024 MIPDOC Keynote at the forthcoming MIPTV Spring International Television Market (8-10 April 2024). As founder of Trilogy Films, Producer/Director Porter is renowned for an impactful body of work that explores the overlooked, reveals the consequences of policy, and views the familiar from a different perspective.

Her recent credits include "Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court" (Showtime) which examines the U.S. Supreme Court’s effect on American culture and politics; "The Lady Bird Diaries" (Hulu/ABC News) profiling Lady Bird Johnson, one of the most influential yet least understood First Ladies; and her latest feature, "Luther: Never Too Much" which intimately examines the joys and struggles of musical icon Luther Vandross and premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Speaking in the world-renowned Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Sunday 7 April, Porter will share insights on the purpose and processes that drive and define her work, along with her take on how to navigate the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that face the global documentary sector.

The 2024 MIPDOC Keynote forms part of a MIPTV pre-opening weekend (6-7 April) which gathers documentary, factual and format communities ahead of the market to create ‘the biggest weekend in Unscripted’ in Cannes. It will be followed by the three-day international MIPTV market running 8-10 April, which is expected to welcome over 130 exhibitors with one accreditation covering all activity.

“Both Dawn’s story, and her storytelling, are truly inspiring” said Lucy Smith, Director of MIPTV, “…to get the future-facing perspectives of one of the world’s most pre-eminent documentarians up close and first-hand will be invaluable for anyone in any part of the factual world.”