SHOOT YOUR DOC: CARA MERTES IN CONVERSATION

Cara Mertes recently joined the Ford Foundation as the director of its JustFilms program, a $50 million initiative at the forefront of social justice filmmaking. She previously served as the director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and as executive producer of PBS’s “P.O.V.” documentary series. In this conversation, she’ll share her perspective on grant funding for documentaries and offer insights to the JustFilms program.

Doc-A-Thon is co-presented by A&E IndieFilms.