Kira Akerman is a film director based in New Orleans. She directed the short Station 15, recently featured on PBS and on a Smithsonian exhibition across Louisiana. It also screened at The Climate Museum in NYC, Sheffield Doc/Fest and DOCNYC. Her short The Arrest screened with MOMA this summer and was acquired by Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Museum. Kira’s work has also appeared at the Borscht Film Festival, Prospect Art Biennials 2 & 3, New Orleans, The New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Rotterdam, and Clermont Ferrand. She is currently in production on her first feature-length documentary, Hollow Tree, produced by Monique Walton, Jolene Pinder, and Chachi Hauser. “Hollow Tree” is supported by Sundance and The International Documentary Association.