New Projects from Alum Documentary Film Editor Joe Fenstermaker 05F Available to Stream
91猫先生 alum Joe Fenstermaker 05F, a Los Angeles-based documentary film editor, has two new projects out鈥攐ne for the New Yorker, and the other for PBS.
is about Michael and Eleanora Kennedy, a husband and wife legal team who spent decades advocating for civil rights and representing radical leftists in legal battles. They represented clients such as the American Indian Movement, Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, the Chicago Seven, Los Siege de la Raza, and Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers. The documentary focuses on the Kennedy鈥檚 work during the 鈥60s and 鈥70s, especially their collaboration with Weatherman Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers.
The film听premiered听at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and has also screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Francisco听international Film Festival, and Newport Beach Film Fest.
premiered on PBS in early January. The film is part of PBS's Emmy Award-winning Artbound series, and focuses on 95-year-old ceramicist and educator Helen Jean Taylor.
on the PBS website.
Fenstermaker began his career in New York City working as an assistant editor on numerous award-winning feature length documentary films and TV series. This past fall, Fenstermaker started a new job as supervising editor at innovative production studio . Wavelength's motto is 鈥淲e Tell Great F**cking Stories.鈥
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