
Powerhouse director and screenwriter Dee Rees exploded onto the American independent film scene in 2011 with her feature film
Pariah, garnering mass critical acclaim, seven NAACP Image Awards nominations and multiple awards at the Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and GLAAD Media Awards. In 2015, she wrote and directed the Emmy-Award winning HBO film
Bessie, which received twelve Emmy nominations and four Critics’ Choice Awards, in addition to Directing Awards from the DGA and NAACP. Her latest film to set critics abuzz,
Mudbound, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and makes its Bay Area bow at MVFF40.