Join us for a special Sarahfest screening and discussion of the film, Yield This Flesh, by Sarah Hennigan. She will be joined by fellow filmmakers Hannah Rose Richards, Tristan Biber, and Tanner Goodeill, joining via Zoom. This program is presented in partnership with the UM Institute for the Arts.
About Sarah Hennigan:
Writer, Director and Cinematographer Sarah Hennigan grew up on-set and backstage, and has been involved in the arts ever since. Passionate about bringing underrepresented voices to life on screen, Sarah focuses on documentary and narrative cinematography with work shown at the Austin Film Festival, SXSW, BFI London, and seen on PBS. As an independent writer and director, her work explores themes of generational trauma, grief, and the subconscious. Sarah earned her B.A. from Vassar College and her Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin. She now works as a freelance filmmaker based out of Oxford, Mississippi and serves as the Interim Chair of the Department of Theatre & Film as an Associate Professor of Film Production at the University of Mississippi.