Charlotte Lagarde

Charlotte Lagarde’s documentary Swell (1996), about four generations of female surfers in Santa Cruz, California, won a Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Network, the Isabella Liddel Art Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Best Representation of Women at the Humboldt Film Festival. Zeuf (1994), a documentary about a woman surfer’s struggle with breast cancer, won the Directors’ Choice award at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, the CINE Golden Eagle Award. Both documentaries were broadcast on PBS stations and the Sundance Channel and are currently in distribution on home video. Lagarde’s productions Every Child Should Have a Chance (2001), Tribal Sovereignty: Unplugged (1998) and Juvenile Justice Unplugged (1997), are distributed in public schools throughout the United States, and the latter was screened at the White House for public policy makers responsible for the treatment of children in the justice system. Raised in Europe and the U.S., Lagarde holds an MA in Communication with an emphasis in documentary filmmaking from Stanford University, and a BA in Political Science.