DOCUMENTARIAN
Joanna Kohler has been directing social documentaries since 1998.
The Minnesota Motorcycle Stories is her first audio documentary with
the use of still portraits. Joanna is a Minneapolis native with a passion
for bringing community stories to new and wider audiences. Joanna began
making documentaries as a teenager and went on to the University of
Minnesota to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Social Documentary. Joanna
has completed some graduate study in Public Affairs, completed facilitation
training with the Institute for Cultural Affairs and been trained with the New
Mexico Media Literacy Project. Previous documentaries include Witness (1999),
Moving in a Mirror (2004) and BOXERS (2007). Joanna was award by the
Jerome Foundation in 2005 and 2006 for her documentary work.