Dianna Dilworth (born 1978 in

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and

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. She attended

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and the

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. She is the director of ''We Are the Children'', a documentary about

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's fans during his 2004-2005 trial, which is distributed by independent film distribution company Indiepix. She is also the director of a feature-length documentary on the

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called Mellodrama. She also directed "The Gallery Is a Guillotine", a music video for the Most Holy Trinity on Brown Bottle Records; "Lonely Wine", a music video for artist TK Webb and label

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; and "What You Wish For", a music video for Telescope Music. She directs documentaries about culture in

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for

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. As a freelance magazine writer, her articles have appeared in ''

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References

External links

Dianna Dilworth personal website

Dianna Dilworth in Rhizome

Mellodrama

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