Emily Packer

Film Editor, Director, Producer, Professor

This impressionist hybrid documentary traces the oyster through its many life cycles in New York, once the world’s oyster capital. Now their specter haunts the city through queer characters embodying ancient myth, discovering the overlooked history and biology of the bivalve that built the city. As environmentalists restore them to the harbor, Holding Back The Tide looks to the oyster as a queer icon, entangled with nature, with much to teach about our continued survival.

Holding Back the Tide

Vignettes explore Canarsie’s unique relationship to the water through recreation, resiliency, and the community’s imagination for the future.  

By Way Of Canarsie

A docu-poetic meditation on New York's oysters and their transformations in the face of an uncertain future.

Summer Solstice

"Not Another Ballet Story" showcases a feminist perspective on the future of dance - an industry in which authorship and accolades have historically been handed to the male minority - and advances conversations about diversity, art, and equity in this art form.

Not Another Ballet Story

After years of neglect by the City of New York and the devastation of Hurricane Sandy - the coastal community of Canarsie, Brooklyn wants more.

By Way of Canarsie

It follows the untold story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a million people in America.

The Oxy Kingpins

An intimate look at the NYC subway and the thousands of items and people that get lost in its tunnels.

Last Stop for Lost Property

Year of Winter is an experimental narrative drama about the first year of one young woman's recover from the sudden loss of her husband; using improvisation as form and surrealism as style, this approximately 30 minute movie explores grief and mourning in Southern California.

Year of Winter

CNN's award-winning journalist, Christiane Amanpour travels around the world to talk with women about the rules of engagement in relationships and intimacy. In this six-part documentary series, directed by women, Christiane meets regular people who are shaping the idea of modern love.

Christiane Amanpour Sex & Love Around the World

Phil travels around the world sampling food and tradition with friends and a sense of humor.

Somebody Feed Phil

Rotten dives deep into the food production underworld to expose the corruption, waste and real dangers behind your everyday eating habits.

Rotten

Through the eyes of famous chefs, audiences will see how they make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

A look beyond blueprints and computers into the art and science of design, showcasing great designers from every discipline whose work shapes our world.

Abstract: The Art of Design

A poetic non-fiction film about mythic motherhood on the US-Mexico border at Friendship Park.

La Frontierra Chingada

Anthony Bourdain visits countries, delving into their political issues as well as indigenous food and culture.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Chef David Chang, along with his friends, explore, explain and enjoy food from around the world.

Emily Packer

Film Editor, Director, Producer, Professor

Holding Back the Tide

By Way Of Canarsie

Holding Back the Tide

Summer Solstice

Not Another Ballet Story

By Way of Canarsie

The Oxy Kingpins

Last Stop for Lost Property

Year of Winter

Christiane Amanpour Sex & Love Arou...

Somebody Feed Phil

Rotten

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Abstract: The Art of Design

La Frontierra Chingada

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

The Mind of a Chef