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Kira Akerman
Contemporary Film
(1988 – )
Based in New Orleans since 2011, Kira Akerman is a documentary filmmaker whose widely circulated 2017 short film exploring New Orleans’s water management system, “Station 15”, also featured Chasity Hunter. Screened in multiple venues, its tour included PBS, DOCNYC, The Climate Museum and a Smithsonian sponsored exhibition that traveled across Louisiana. She is an Artist-in-Residence with Ripple Effect, a New Orleans non-profit pioneering water literacy education. Additionally, her past work has been presented by the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Prospect New Orleans art triennial, and the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, among others.