Margo Guernsey
Margo Guernsey
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Bio
Margo Guernsey is a documentary Director/Producer, impact strategist, and founder of Time Travel Productions LLC. Her films include Councilwoman(America ReFramed 2019), No Time To Fail (America Reframed 2023) and The Philadelphia Eleven (impact distro topping 500 screenings, message me to learn more, 2023), THE OFFICIALS (TIME, 2024). Prior to film, Margo worked as a union organizer, non-profit development director, and Spanish/English translator. Margo’s work has received support from Chicken & Egg Pictures, ITVS, Catapult Film Fund, GoodPitch, Perspective Fund, Ford Foundation, LEF Moving Image Fund and the National Endowment for the Humanities; and she was a Film Independent Fast Track Fellow. She speaks both Spanish and English and holds an MFA in Film (University of Miami), MA in History (UMass Amherst), and a BA in History (Brown University). Margo teaches producing as affiliated faculty at Emerson College.
Projects
COUNCILWOMAN
A hotel housekeeper keeps her job cleaning hotel rooms while striving to serve her constituents as a member of the Providence City Council. https://www.timetravelproductions.com/councilwoman.html
NO TIME TO FAIL
Amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic, local election administrators in Rhode Island work around the clock to secure the vote for their community. https://www.notimetofailfilm.com
THE PHILADELPHIA ELEVEN
In a 1974 act akin to civil disobedience eleven women and their supporters organize their ordination as Episcopal priests in defiance of church leadership and build a movement that challenges patriarchy in Christian traditions. https://www.philadelphiaelevenfilm.com
THE OFFICIALS
Election officials in rural and urban jurisdictions of four battleground states are under the microscope and under attack as they prepare for the contentious 2024 contest. https://time.com/7017573/the-officials/
