Education
Georgetown University Law Center. Swarthmore College.
Georgetown University Law Center. Swarthmore College.
Her directorial debut was Gideon"s Army, about three black public defenders working in the American South. Porter"s second film project was Spies of Mississippi, which debuted on Public Broadcasting Service in 2014. lieutenant is a documentary about Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (MSSC) efforts to preserve segregation during the 1950s and 1960s, including the use of an extensive spy network and violent cover-ups.
Trapped, Porter"s latest film premiered at Sundance.
lieutenant shows the impact of anti-abortion laws on abortion providers in the South along with chronically the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. The title of the documentary was derived from the term TRAP Laws ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), which have led to the closure of hundreds of southern United States clinics mainly in areas that service poor women and women of color.
Porter also produced a biography of Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli for the Cooking Channel. Porter is a graduate of Swarthmore College (1988) and Georgetown University Law School.
Trained as an attorney, she became a filmmaker and financed her first film with assistance from the Ford Foundation.
Porter owns a company called Trilogy Films.