Lioness | First Women in Combat | Independent Lens

July 2024 · 2 minute read

Directed by
Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers

Produced by
Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers

Executive Produced by
Julie Parker Benello
Wendy Ettinger
Judith Helfand

Co-Executive Produced by
Diana Barrett
Sarah Redlich Johnson

Co-Produced by
Stephen T. Maing

Music by
Brendon Anderegg

Editing by
Stephen T. Maing

Cinematography
Kirsten Johnson
Julia Dengel

Additional camera
Stephen T. Maing
Pat O’ÄôDonnell

Sound Recording
Frederick Allen
Luciano Dias
Ric Hase
Dave Schwartz
Matt Sutton
John Uhl

Production Assistants
Sasha Archibald
Natalie Greenberg
Sarah Mitchell
Michael Nason
Cecily Pingree

Archival Research
Lisa Kalikow
Amy Raugust
Jessica Bernstein
Natalie Bullock Brown
Michael Nason
Tina Wieboldt

Post Production Assistant
Amy Raugust

Translation
Warzer Jaff

Graphic design
Liam Larkin

Colorist
Will Cox

Post Production Facility
Final Frame

Sound Supervisor and Re-recording Mixer
Tom Efinger

Audio Post Facility
Dig It Audio Inc.

Archival Sources
ABCNEWS
VideoSource
AP Archive
BBC Motion Gallery
Sergeant Major James Booker, USMC
Anastasia Breslow
Courtesy CNN
Corbis
Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System
Defense Visual Information Center
Captain Dominic J. Harris, USMC
Global ImageWorks, LLC
Katherine Pendry Guttormsen
MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
Marine Times
Shannon Morgan
Rebecca Nava
Linda Pendry
Erin Solaro
Nancy Ubides
Michelle Wilmot

Fiscal Sponsor
Arts Engine Inc.

Special thanks
Yvette Alberdingk Thijm
Jim Browne
Bruni Burres
Elaine Charnov
Katy Chevigny
Nan Clarke
Dan Cogan
Lieutenant Colonel Marilla Cushman, USA (retired)
Marcy Granata
Wade Greene
Henry Hayssen
Independent Feature Project
Brian Larkin
Sheila Leddy
Susan Luchars
MacDowell Colony
Captain Lory Manning, USN (retired)
The McLagan family
Momcierge
Lynn Novick
Jonathan Oppenheim
Sam Pollard
Helayne Schiff
Sharan Sklar
The Sommers family
Jack Turner
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation
Working Films Content + Intent Documentary Institute at Mass MoCA
Brigadier General Wilma Vaught , USAF (retired)
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
782 Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC
Company A, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 64th Corps Support Group, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas Delta Company, 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd
Squadron, 7th Calvary, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA

Funding Provided by
The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
Chicken & Egg Pictures
New York State Council on the Arts
Eliot Nolen and Tim Bradley
C. Bruce McLagan
The Fledgling Fund
Rockefeller Family & Associates
Joan and William Sommers
Linda Schupack
and others

This program was produced by Team Lioness LLC which is solely responsible for its content.

©2008 Team Lioness LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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