Lisa Riordan Seville
Directing
Biography
Lisa Riordan Seville is an award-winning writer, director and non-fiction producer. Her work has appeared on NBC News, BuzzFeed News, New York Magazine, A+E Networks and The Guardian U.S., among other outlets. She co-created Everyday Incarceration with Zara Katz. This is her first feature documentary.
Known For
Short documentary examining a Black community’s decades-long battle to hold onto their land as city officials wielded eminent domain to establish and expand Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
Uprooted
Kristal is a young, ambitious Philadelphian driven to keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones. But when her father and brother return from prison, she confronts the ultimate question: can she reunite her own family?
A Woman on the Outside
This short documentary tells the story of three Venezuelan men who were branded by the U.S. government as Tren de Aragua gang members and deported by the Trump administration to CECOT, a prison in El Salvador notorious for its brutal conditions. All three men said they had no connection to Tren de Aragua and were not gang members.