Documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert dies at 76 : NPR

Director Julia Reichert pictured at the Nantucket Film Festival in June 2019 in Massachusetts.
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for the 2019 Nantucket Film Festival
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Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for the 2019 Nantucket Film Festival

Director Julia Reichert pictured at the Nantucket Film Festival in June 2019 in Massachusetts.
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for the 2019 Nantucket Film Festival
The Oscar winner and activist was known as the “godmother of American independent documentaries”. She considered herself a feminist and the curator of Midwestern stories. Reichert explored working class histories in relation to gender, socioeconomic class, activism, and race in America.
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