Tracy Heather Strain

Tracy Heather Strain is co-founder of The Film Posse and an award-winning director, producer, and writer committed to using film, video and interactive technology to reveal the ways that race, ethnicity, gender, and class work to shape lives. Since 1986, Tracy has worked on numerous documentaries for PBS as well as videos for museums, schools and nonprofits. Appointed a Professor of the Practice in the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University, Tracy also teaches documentary production while directing and producing-Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart and developing A Baker's Dozen: 13 Essential Donut Stories. When she's not at one of her two offices, you can find Tracy on the tennis court or at the gym.

Tracy Heather Strain's teaching focuses on documentary storytelling, production management and history. She is an award-winning filmmaker and film/video director, producer, writer and consultant with over 28 years of experience. Her latest broadcast documentary, "The Mine Wars" AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, for which she served as coordinating producer, tells the story of West Virginia coal miners' uprisings in the early 20th century, and will air on PBS early 2016. Emerging technologies in the service of storytelling, production management and education-interactive documentary storytelling, online media and interdisciplinary humanities course development are particular interests.