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Whether shining a spotlight on everyday heroes, or directing elevated films about iconic people and places, Paula's films inspire audiences and alight the imagination. Paula Eiselt directs and produces elevated feature films about unforgettable characters thriving in unbelievable circumstances.
Paula Eiselt is a Peabody award and duPont-Columbia award-winning, Primetime Emmy-nominated, two time Sundance Film Festival director and Jury Prize winner known for her journalistic rigor in telling timely and intelligent cinematic stories led by strong-willed characters.
Aftershock is a film that follows the stories of two families who lost their partners to pregnancy-related deaths and became activists for change. The film exposes the racial and gender bias in the U.S. medical system and the need for policy reform, birth workers, and community support.
Jul 19, 2022 · Codirected by Paula Eiselt (who made the 2018 documentary 93Queen, about an all-female volunteer ambulance corps in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn) and Tonya Lewis Lee (creator of Crisis in the...
Jul 19, 2022 · The directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee discuss their journey in making the documentary “Aftershock,” which shines a light on a national health crisis.
- Maya Salam
Under G-d weaves together the stories of a Jewish mother and activist in Indiana, a rabbi in Florida and lawyers throughout the country who are seeking to fight abortion bans in part by placing them in the legal and cultural context of religious freedom.
Paula Eiselt is known for Aftershock (2022), 93Queen (2018) and Under G-d (2023).
