Joanna Rudnick

Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a time when all children can see characters who look like them on the page; a time when creators come from diverse communities and backgrounds; and a time when instead of keeping the hard stuff out of stories for children, we put it in and provide context and counternarrative.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.

Spend a day in pre-pandemic San Francisco with Mercedes Weatherford, a quirky woman in her 70's who still works full-time. Over the course of her workday, she reflects on her career and life journey. During this 12 minute portrait, the documentary asks what is the value of work?