Past Resident
Joann Self Selvidge
Joann Self Selvidge is an award-winning filmmaker whose documentaries explore issues of work, creativity, agency, and justice. Since 2002, she has produced, directed, and edited more than two dozen projects, including features (Juvenile, See the Keepers, The Art Academy, The WLOK Story), shorts (Robert, Viola, Voices of Jericho, Nude Photos!), series (The Juvenile Project, The Arts Interviews), and multimedia installations (Inaugurate the Resistance).
“I believe in the practice of art as healing, exploration, examination, and reckoning. It calls us into community, authenticity, and liberation.”
Juvenile, feature documentary film by Sarah Fleming and Joann Self Selvidge (2021). Behind-the-scenes photo by Breezy Lucia taken on set behind main character Romeo during EyeDirect interview with Joann. Co-director and director of photography Sarah Fleming is behind the camera.