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Dawn Porter Wins National Humanities Medal

Dawn Porter in the Oval office, wearing the National Humanities medal. President Biden is on the left and Dr. Biden is on the right.

    Full Frame alum Dawn Porter is one of the 19 brilliant thinkers and change-making organizations recently awarded the National Humanities Medal. The recipients were presented their medals in a private ceremony at the White House last month.

    Porter, an attorney-turned-filmmaker, directed Full Frame’s 2024 Closing Night Film, LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH. The documentary on Luther Vandross played to a packed house at the festival and is now in select theaters across the country.

    Read the announcement from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

    November 13, 2024