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FARMING WHILE BLACK
FARMING WHILE BLACK (2023)

Additional editing for Mark Decena's feature documentary about the rising generation of young black farmers, featuring Leah Penniman, author of "Farming While Black" and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm. World Premiere at Mill Valley Film Festival 2023. Selected for SXSW EDU 2024, Best Documentary Runner Up at Denton Black Film Festival 2024, winner Best of the Fest and Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2024, Best Documentary at Filmteenth Film Festival 2024 and Diamond State Black Film Festival 2024. Available for educational licensing on New Day Films and Kanopy

 

Learn more about the project here.  

SMILE4KIME
SMILE4KIME (2023)

Production Manager for phase one animation and assistant producer for director  Elena Guzman's short documentary that tells the story of Kim, an African-American woman who lived with depression and trauma, and Elena, an Afro-Puerto Rican woman dealing with depression and grief after the death of her friend Kim. Weaving in and out of time and space, the film incorporates interviews, experimental/performance footage, and animation to explore their connection both past and present. Produced by Cybee Bloss and Kimberly Edwards, edited by Laura Menchaca Ruiz. Awarded Black Public Media Grant, LOLA Shorts Award Nominee, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, and Honorable Mention Jean Touch Award, The Society for Visual Anthropology Media and Film Festival.

 

Learn more about the project here. 

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NO STRAIGHT LINES
NO STRAIGHT LINES (2021)

Assistant Editor for Vivian Kleiman's feature documentary No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics. The film chronicles the journeys of five scrappy queer artists from the margins of the underground comics scene to mainstream acceptance. Featuring Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Mary Wings, Rupert Kinnard, and Jennifer Camper. Edited by Christiane Badgley and Linda Peckham. World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, European Premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at Outfest, 2021. Selected for Independent Lens 2023 season, premiering January 23rd 2023.

 

Learn more about the project here.  

POOL STORIES PROJECT
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POOL STORIES PROJECT 
IN POST PRODUCTION

Associate producer, co-editor, web producer for Vicky Funari's feature documentary, currently in post-production, Pool Stories. Work in progress selected for the Spotlight On Documentaries at the 40th Annual Independent Filmmaker Project’s IFP Week.

 

Watch web videos I'm A Water Lily and Sally & Shellie Make Scones below. You can find more videos on the Pool Stories website and follow the project on Facebook.

SQUIRREL HILL FALL
SQUIRREL HILL FALLS (2020)
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Producer/Director/Editor of this docu-fiction short that tells the tale of a magical abandoned park, its local history, and a new neighbor curious to get inside. This quirky, DIY documentary, uses playfulness, animation, and fantasy to tell the story of a neighborhood mystery.  Winner of an award in Documentary Independent Producing from the Alliance for Community Media (2022).

Made possible with support from John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, The Puffin Foundation and Scribe Video Center 

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DIZHSA NABANI

Producer for Dizhsa Nabani- a web series exploring the relationship between language and identity the Valley Zapotec community of San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya.

 

Learn more about the project and watch the entire web series on the Dizhsa Nabani website.

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[ Bronze Award and Social Impact Award, DC web fest; Award of Recognition, Indie FEST Film Awards; Nominee Best Documentary (New Media) Miami Web Fest; Chihuahun International Film Festival; Huatulco Film & Food Festival; Oaxaca FilmFest; Native SPirite Film Festival; Central Doc Tlaxcala; HUMANO Internationla Human Rights Film Festival; Sight & Sound Festival; Germinate International Film Fest; Newark International Film Festival; Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival; Sjon International Anthropological Festival; Globa India International Film Festival; Music Shorts Film Festival; Philadelphia Latino Film Festival ]

BEHIND THE CYCLE
BEHIND THE CYCLE & LANDFILL LESSONS (2017)

Worked with artist Eva Wo and eight high school students to produce two videos for Mural Arts Philadelphia's program Trash Academy. Over the course of 4 weeks in summer 2017 we made two short videos about recycling and trash in Philadelphia. Co-supervised the students and edited the final videos. Press: Clean PHL

PEARL
PEARL (2017)

music video for the song "Pearl" by King Azaz

~mischievous spirits do a little damage at the dinner table~

 

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CANNOT PREDICT NOW

***Content warning*** contains nudity and blood


A document and expression of the frustration, fear, comedy, and banality of living with a female body in a culture that objectifies, sexualizes and shames those bodies. Please contact to request password.

 

Screened at:

  • Vox Populi AUX Performance Space, Philadelphia PA,  as part of the event Are You Comfortable curated by Ava Mallett 2015

  • LIVE/WORK exhibition at The Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia PA, 2016

  • Little Berlin, Philadelphia PA, 2016

TRIPTYCH

A documentary collage of three unique identities coming together to redefine love in a polyamorous relationship.

 

  • Recipient of an award in documentary writing from the 2013 TriCo Film festival. Juried by Shari Frilot, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival

  • Filmadelphia at the Roxy, selected for local shorts night

© 2025 by hilary brashear

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