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Marlo Poras (born 1971,
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,
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) is an American filmmaker.


Early life and education

Poras was born on a US Army base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky and raised in
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."Bio: Marlo Poras"
PBS.
She graduated from
Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...
in 1993 with a B.A. in History.


Career

Poras worked as an apprentice to
Thelma Schoonmaker Thelma Schoonmaker (; born January 3, 1940) is an American film editor, best known for her collaboration over five decades with director Martin Scorsese. She has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and ...
at Martin Scorsese's Cappa Productions and was an apprentice and assistant editor on independent films such as Greg Mottola's Daytrippers and Alison Anders' Grace Of My Heart. While living in
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
, Poras found the inspiration for her first film, '' Mai's America'' which was shown on
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and was called the best documentary of 2002 by the ''
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'' and the best festival film of 2002 by the ''
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''. Her second film is '' Run Granny Run''. Released by
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in 2007, ''Run Granny Run'' is about the 2004 Senate campaign of then 94-year-old Doris ' Granny D' Haddock. The film won the Audience Award for Feature Documentary at the South by Southwest Film Festival. In 2012, she released her film '' The Mosuo Sisters'' contrasting modern life and the life of the
Mosuo The Mosuo (; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, are an ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces. Consisting of a population of approximately 50,000, many of them live in the Yongni ...
people of western China through the lives of two sisters.


Awards

In 2004, she was the recipient of a
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."Profile: Marlo Poras"
, Guggenheim Foundation


References


External links


Official websiteOfficial website of ''Run Granny Run''
* Living people 1971 births Washington University in St. Louis alumni {{US-film-bio-stub