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"Knowing how to make a movie magnificent is a gift. How to capture an image technically is one thing, but how to tell a story is another. Kara is a huge part of the reason Hemlock Films produces the kind of movies that cuddle up to your heart, open your mind, and settle well in your soul." 

Linda Street-Ely

Journalist

Kara White             Director

The Resistance - SHORT FILM

AWARD WINNER

DIRECTOR'S FILM REEL

Commercials

EMBRACE COMMERCIAL

GORMLEY'S PUB COMMERCIAL

FIVE STAR NOTEBOOKS
"TOUGH AND TESTED"

VIEGA
"SMART CONNECT TECHNOLOGY"

COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE MINNESOTA WING
"I VOLUNTEER"

McDONALDS 
"JOIN OUR McFAMILY" 

WHY I FLY : EMILY

Film Trailers

RISE ABOVE: WASP TRAILER

BEYOND THE POWDER TRAILER

WITNESS TO REVOLUTION: ONE DOCTOR'S STORY OF THE XINHAI REVOLUTION

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIRTHPLACE OF AVIATION

THE RESISTANCE  - FILM TRAILER

Behind the Scenes

FILMING WITH THE WASP
RISE ABOVE:WASP

CASTING
RISE ABOVE: WASP

RECREATING AVENGER FIELD
RISE ABOVE: WASP

Beyond Powder movie poster The first women's cross country air race in 1929 powder puff derby documentary PBS Emmy nominated
National Aviation Hall of Fame: AJourneyThroughAviation-Poster Dayton Ohio travel documentary
Rise Above WASP movie poster women airforce service pilots documentary commemorative air force
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The Resistance short film movie Poster tri-c cuyahoga community college director WWII spies

Kara is an award-winning Director and Producer of  multiple documentaries, museum films, web videos, and commercials. With a love for storytelling and passion for tales of strong women in history, she has directed the documentary films Witness to Revolution, Rise Above: WASP about the Women Airforce Service Pilots from WWII, and PBS' Beyond the Powder, telling the story of the first women's cross-country air race and the women who still race today. She excels at highlighting the beauty of people's passions and getting the audience to feel that emotion and making them care about the subjects.

 

She has received Emmy nominations for  Directing, Writing, and Research and has won Emmy awards for Writing, Best Documentary, and Technical Achievement, along with multiple film festival awards. She produced the Emmy Award winning documentaries The Restorers (TV series) and Space Chase USA for PBS, and Rise Above: Tuskegee Airmen. Her feature length script, The Aviatrix, was selected as a finalist in the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival. She is also a member of the Alliance of Women Directors.

 

Kara started her career in New York City, working as a Producer creating spots for Food Network, USA, and Touchstone Energy.


 

Kara White with Emmys emmy awards and whisky

I want the audience to feel something. If I'm not evoking emotion, I'm failing.

"It was a fantastic interview – Kara asked excellent questions and I appreciated her thoughtfulness in the entire production. I really enjoyed it and look forward to the finished film."

                                                      Dr. Joseph Ho  –  Albion College

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