Cyndee Readdean
Cyndee Readdean’s films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on PBS, ABC, EPIX and MSNBC. Her films have won Peabody and duPont-Columbia awards and have been nominated for an Emmy award.
Director, Producer & Writer
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Boston School Battle
Co-Director
PBS
Airdate 2023 -
Reconstruction: America after the Civil War
Documentary series
Episode 2 – A Brief Moment in the SunDirector, Producer
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
PBS
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FBI & The Panther
Director
ABC
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Freedom Summer
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2014
Peabody Award
PBS
A well-shaped and powerful reminder of a time in recent American history when white supremacy was decisively and courageously undercut.
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Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Historically Black College and Universities
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017
Outstanding Historical Documentary Emmy nomination
PBS
Tell Them We Are Rising reveals the crucial role of HBCUs not only in the identity of black Americans but in the nation as a whole.
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By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Documentary series
Series Producer
Executive Produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Keith McQuirter and Swizz Beatz
EPIX
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Native American Boomtown
Producer
PBS
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Politics of the New South
Producer
PBS
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OBAMA
Documentary series
Producer
MSNBC
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Blackout
Virtual reality documentary
Story Producer
Official Selection 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – Storyscapes section
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National Museum of African American History & Culture
Producer
Sixteen permanent exhibit documentary films
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Freedom Summer
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2014
Peabody Award -
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Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Historically Black College and Universities
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017
Outstanding Historical Documentary Emmy nomination
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Native American Boomtown
Producer
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Politics of the New South
Producer
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By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Series producer
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National Museum of African American History & Culture
Producer
Sixteen short permanent exhibit documentary films
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Blackout
Virtual reality documentary series
Story Producer
Official Selection 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – Storyscapes section
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FBI & The Panther
Director, Producer
Outstanding Short Documentary Emmy nomination
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Reconstruction: America after the Civil War
Episode 2 – A Brief Moment in the Sun
Director, Producer
Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award
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OBAMA
Producer
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Freedom Summer
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2014
Peabody Award -
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Tell Them We are Rising: The Story of Historically Black College and Universities
Producer
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017
Outstanding Historical Documentary Emmy nomination
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Native American Boomtown
Producer
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Politics of the New South
Producer
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By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Series producer
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National Museum of African American History & Culture
Producer
Sixteen short permanent exhibit documentary films
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Blackout
Virtual reality documentary series
Story Producer
Official Selection 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – Storyscapes section
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FBI & The Panther
Director, Producer
Outstanding Short Documentary Emmy nomination
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Reconstruction: America after the Civil War
Episode 2 – A Brief Moment in the Sun
Director, Producer
Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award
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OBAMA
Producer
