ARTS SOUTHEAST IS PLEASED TO HOST ON::VIEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

EMILY HARROLD

february 12th - march 6th, 2026

Special Events

Happy Hour Meet & Greet: Monday, February 16th, 6-8PM (location TBA)

Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 25th, 6PM at ARTS Southeast

Project Finale: Friday, March 6th, 5 – 9PM in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland

About the Artist

Emily Harrold (Orangeburg, SC) is a documentary filmmaker, director and producer. Her films have screened at festivals including Tribeca, DOCNYC and Telluride. Her short film MELTDOWN IN DIXIE, a TOPIC original – has garnered many awards including a 2022 DuPont Columbia Finalist designation and a 2022 Silver Telly Award. Her feature directing debut, WHILE I BREATHE I HOPE won the documentary Audience Award at the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival, premiered on WORLD Channel's AfroPop series in 2019, and won a 2020 Southeast Region Emmy. Her feature producing debut, MONKEY BUSINESS, premiered at the 2017 LA Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2017 Nantucket Film Festival. Harrold has produced numerous films for PBS’s American Experience including FORGOTTEN HERO about the NAACP’s Walter White, THE LIE DETECTOR, FLOOD IN THE DESERT, and VOICE OF FREEDOM about singer Marian Anderson. Harrold is part of the team behind Discovery's TIGERLAND (Sundance 2019) and National Geographic's REBUILDING PARADISE (Sundance 2020). She was in DOC NYC’s 2021 40 Under 40 Class. Harrold is a member of Film Fatales, Documentary Producers Alliance, and The Filmshop collective. She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has an MA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

About the Project

During her Residency, Harrold will work on footage review, story arc development, and editing for SISTER SENATORS, a feature documentary film meant to celebrate bipartisanship and uplift the perspectives of Southern women. Feedback and community engagement will be a significant part of her process. The film is set to release in late 2026 or early 2027 with a far-reaching community screening tour to follow, with a focus on using the documentary to inspire gender equity and parity in government.

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