Dawn Jones Redstone (she/her) is an award-winning queer, Mexican American writer/director whose short films have screened around the globe including the acclaimed Sista in the Brotherhood. Her work often features women of color (cast and crew) and explores themes of resistance, feminism and the internal machinations that help us transform into the people we want to become. She believes in using her hiring decisions to lift people up and help create an inclusive filmmaking community that reflects and brings needed perspective to the world we live in. 
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She was named a Woman of Vision by Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce and has been awarded  grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, Northwest Film Center, MRG Foundation and more. In 2017, she was selected to shadow director Debra Granik on the set of Leave No Trace as part of the 5to50 program with support from Oregon Film. Most recently she was awarded the Inspiration and Service Award from Oregon Media Producer's Association. 

She resides with her wife and daughter in Portland, Oregon and is currently in post production on her first feature film, Mother of Color.       
Top photo by Jason Quigley.       
           Photo  by Kim Oanh Nguyen.
I'm currently working on completing my first feature film, Mother of Color, starring Ana del Rocío.  We recently found out that we've been accepted to US Works in Progress in Wroclaw, Poland. We'll be traveling to support the film and meet with distributors at this esteemed European industry event.
In Spring of 2021, we completed a successful Kickstarter campaign (as a portion of our funding) for $45,000!  Principal photography was completed in July 2021 and we are currently in post-production. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
If you missed the chance to donate, we started an "overflow" campaign on GoFundMe. Thank you!

NEWS

A New Short Film
​Check out the trailer for See Me, a new short film that premiered at Portland International Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit and we just won Best Pacific Northwest Short at Tacoma Film festival! You can read my Director's Statement about this unique project here.  Trailer below. 
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Trailer edited by James Jones
See Me​ (2021 / 22 mins)
In the summer of 2020 in Portland, Oregon, amidst a global pandemic and nightly protests over the murder of George Floyd, a group of seven Black writers at Artists Repertory Theatre got together to write about their day-to-day experience. What they started would eventually become the short film, See Me. Shot in Fall of 2020 with an all BIPOC crew, the film tracks the lives of three people hunkered down alone during the shutdown in Oregon. As their daily routines intersect with the turmoil of the world outside, they try to get by--just like the rest of us--finding bits of hope, joy and power in most uncertain times. See full cast/crew and see the press we're getting here. 
AN AWARD
Dawn, along with Ashley Mellinger, was awarded one of OMPA's Service and Inspiration Award for trying to bring equity to the state's film incentive program. Through OMPA's Diversity Committee, I worked with a group of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ filmmakers in 2020 to research and propose changes to the Oregon Film Incentive program that would help increase hiring opportunities for minoritized groups who are underrepresented in the film and media industry. 
Check out the post here. 

DIRECTING Reel

Reel includes footage from broadcast commercials, short films, web promos and music videos directed by Dawn Jones Redstone.

Narrative films

Sista in the Brotherhood​ (2016 / 20:37 mins)
DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER     ​Sista in the Brotherhood is a twenty minute short film about a black apprentice carpenter who experiences discrimination on the job and must choose between taking a stand or keeping her job. Learn more. 

We Have Our Ways   (2018 / 15:06 mins)
 DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY  ​​In a dystopic but recognizable America, a customer service rep (sidony o'neal) for for a greedy healthcare company, must decide what price she’s willing to pay to help those around her in need. Learn more here.
Magnificent  (2019/ 12 mins)
WRITER/DIRECTOR   A woman goes on a first date in the Gorge and gets much more than she bargained for from both the date and their hike.  Learn more here.
Check out more articles and press about Dawn and her films here.

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SCREENINGS AND APPEARANCES

October 10, 2021 See Me at Tacoma Film Festival
Details here. 

September 22, 2021 See Me at Local Sightings Festival in Seattle. 
Details here. 

September 19, 2021 See Me at Klamath Independent Film Festival
Details here.​

August 30, 2021 Crowdfunding Panel online with LA Film School
As part of Fame Week

April 21, 2021 Mother of Color Launch Party
Watch a scene from the film and help us launch our Kickstarter campaign!
Made possible by grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and NW Film Center

March 5-14, 2021 See Me at Portland International Film Festival
Check out the newest short I directed  as part of the Opening Night shorts, but screening until March 14.

January 28, 2021 Teaching Crowdfunding Class 
w/ NW Film Center with Liz Mowe from Kickstarter. Details here

October 1, 2020 Magnificent
screening at POWFest virtually! 

September 13, 2020 Dawn on Tradeswomen Talk
Podcast with Judaline Cassidy about Sista in the Brotherhood and upcoming release on Collective Eye!

August 2020 We Have Our Ways
Screening online as part of the Oregon Filmmaker Series in partnership with the Hollywood Theater thru end of year. Tickets here.

August 4, 2020 Sista in the Brotherhood
Screening online as part of the Workers Unite Film Festival out of NYC for 12 hours only! Info here.

May 13, 2020 We Have Our Ways
The film will screen as part of AspireTV's #UrbanIndieShortsBlock  on Magic Johnson's Network across the country. Info here.

April 2020 Magnificent
Screening as a new release now as part of the QueerBee catalogue out of London. Check it out here.

March 11, 2020 Magnificent
at Portland International Film Festival, Info here
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ADDITIONAL ARCHIVED SCREENINGS HERE. 
Dawn is also the owner of Hearts+Sparks, her video production company.