Filmmaker Erika Dilday Joins Ken Burns & Team On Upcoming Film ‘Emancipation To Exodus,’ Documenting Critical Era In African American Life
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning filmmaker Erika Dilday is joining Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon as co-director and co-producer of the upcoming documentary film Emancipation to Exodus (working title).
It’s a long-term commitment – the film about a critical period in the African American experience isn’t expected to air on PBS until 2027.
Dilday’s participation in the project will be as an independent filmmaker – in other words, separate from her role as executive director of American Documentary and executive producer of AmDoc’s PBS series POV and WORLD Channel’s America ReFramed.
Emancipation to Exodus (wt) explores the African American struggle for freedom and opportunity “from the Civil War and end of slavery, through Reconstruction and the start of the Great Migration out of the south that began in the early 20th century,” according to a release about the film. “My career as a filmmaker has been focused on making authentic and diverse narratives part of the current media landscape, to create an honest and accurate reflection of our country and the world we want to make,” Dilday said in a statement. “As a storyteller, I was drawn to my role at American Documentary precisely because of our mission to amplify underheard voices and confront difficult histories in the public media landscape.
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