Heidi Ewing is an American documentary filmmaker and the co-director of ''

Jesus Camp ''Jesus Camp'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing about a charismatic Christian summer camp, where children spend their summers being taught that they have "prophetic gifts" and can "take back America for ...

'', '' The Boys of Baraka'', '' 12th & Delaware'', ''

DETROPIA ''Detropia'' is a 2012 American documentary film, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, about the city of Detroit, Michigan. It focuses on the decline of the economy of Detroit due to long-term changes in the automobile industry, and the eff ...

'', ''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You'' (

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), '' One of Us'' (

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), and the series ''Love Fraud'' (Sundance Film Festival). Ewing's first narrative feature, '' I Carry You With Me'' (''Te Llevo Conmigo''), had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival where it won the jury and audiences awards in the NEXT section. The film was nominated for two Independent

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and will be released by

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in 2021. Ewing is currently co-directing a film for HBO on the silencing of journalists around the world.

Biography

Ewing is a native of the Detroit area and is a graduate of Mercy High School and the

Georgetown School of Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It is considered to be one of the world's leading international affairs schools, granting degrees at both ...

. She appeared on ''

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'' in October 2017, and said that Hasidic Jews died in the Holocaust because they "refused to blend in". She later apologized.

Filmography

References

External links

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C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Heidi Ewing, October 28, 2012
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Farmington Hills, Michigan American documentary filmmakers Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Film directors from Michigan American women documentary filmmakers Sundance Film Festival award winners {{US-film-director-stub