Teaching About Religion (working title)
Documentary Feature - Anticipated 2024
Students from different faith backgrounds come together for an epic World Religions class in a public high school. With the help of their teacher, the mild-mannered suburbanites confront the preconceived notions of their peers’ faiths.
In Association with Kartemquin Films
GRANTS
SEMI-FINALIST SUNDANCE HUMANITIES SUSTAINABILITY FELLOWSHIP 2022
ILLINOIS HUMANITIES ACTION GRANT 2022
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST SUPPORT 2021
MOUNTAINFILM EMERGING FILMMAKER (FINALIST) 2022
DEPARTMENT OF CHICAGO CULTURAL AFFAIRS 2020
KARTEMQUIN EMERGING STORYTELLER’S FUND 2019
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST SUPPORT 2019
DEPARTMENT OF CHICAGO CULTURAL AFFAIRS 2019
Director/Producer
Allison Walsh
Producer
Lily Qi
Consulting Producers
Diane Quon
Allison Berg
Editor
Alanna Schmelter
Sound
Shuling Yong
This film is partially supported by the Kartemquin Emerging Storyteller Fund, Chicago DCASE, and a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.