Pam Sporn
Pam Sporn is a Bronx based documentary filmmaker, educator, and activist. She loves listening to people tell stories about standing up to injustice in their own unique, subtle, and not so subtle, ways.
A pioneer in bringing social issue documentary making into NYC high schools in the 1980s and 1990s, Pam substantively contributed to the growth of the youth media movement.
DETROIT 48202: CONVERSATIONS ALONG A POSTAL ROUTE is Sporn's latest documentary. It received funding from JustFilms/Ford Foundation and was broadcast nationally on America ReFramed, PBS/World Channel's non-fiction showcase. Pam’s prior work includes the documentaries CUBAN ROOTS/BRONX STORIES, WITH A STROKE OF THE CHAVETA, REMEMBERING THE MAMONCILLO TREE, and DISOBEYING ORDERS: GI RESISTANCE TO THE VIETNAM WAR.
Pam has received numerous grants and awards including: JustFilms/Ford Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Puffin Foundation, Latino Public Broadcasting, CUNY Caribbean Exchange, and the Bronx Council on the Arts.
Sporn holds a MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College, CUNY.