Sierra Pettengill

Sierra Pettengill is a filmmaker from Brooklyn whose heavily archival-focused work focuses on the warped narratives of American history. Her films have screened at MoMA, Lincoln Center, the Sundance and Locarno Film Festivals, on the Criterion Channel, and in festivals and venues around the world. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Sundance Art of Nonfiction Fellow, and is a board member of the cinema nonprofit, Screen Slate. Her most recent film was RIOTSVILLE, USA, released by Magnolia Pictures.

Sierra Pettengill will be researching and developing a hybrid film project structured around Emile Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart novels.