Allie Light
Directing
Biography
Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 1994 National Emmy Award for best interview program, Allie Light writes, directs and produces documentary films with her partner, Irving Saraf. Her credits include: Rachel’s Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer (HBO), Dialogues With Madwomen (Emmy Award; Freedom of Expression Award, Sundance Film Festival); In The Shadow Of The Stars (Academy Award); Mitsuye and Nellie, Asian American Poets; Visions of Paradise (five films about folk artists); Shakespeare’s Children (produced by Kate Kline May); Blind Spot: M…
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Known For

In the Shadow of the Stars
1991 · Movie

DFW Punk
2008 · Movie

The Angel That Stands By Me
1983 · Movie

Dialogues with Madwomen
1994 · Movie
Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972
1977 · Movie
The Angel that Stands by Me: Minnie Evans' Paintings
1983 · Movie

The Ship That Turned Back
2024 · Movie
Grandma's Bottle Village: The Art of Tressa Prisbrey
1982 · Movie
Rachel's Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer
1998 · Movie
The Monument of Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder
1983 · Movie
Hundred and Two Mature: The Art of Harry Lieberman
1982 · Movie

Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets
1981 · Movie
Filmography
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