Charissa King-O’Brien

Charissa has been making nonfiction films and videos since 1999 as an independent producer, filmmaker, and editor in Chicago and Boston. From 2000- 2004, she was a member of Filmmakers Collaborative, a group of documentary filmmakers who work on social awareness documentaries and provide fiscal sponsorship for projects. It produced In My Father’s Church that follows Charissa’s story of wanting to get married to her partner Kelly in her minister father’s conservative church. She has taught workshops in documentary video and assisted with teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Boston Film/Video Foundation.

Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid