Molly Skonieczny  

Molly Skonieczny is a filmmaker and art director with over two decades of experience whose work explores underrepresented histories and communities through documentary and commercial media. Over the past fifteen years, she has co-founded and directed Tolleson's Photo and Video department, where her extensive portfolio encompasses the direction, editing, and production of short documentaries, multimedia campaigns, and art installations for enterprises of varying scales alongside long-term collaborations with artists, filmmakers, and musicians. Her practice seamlessly bridges independent artistic pursuits with commercial work, bringing a commitment to authentic storytelling across all projects. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from California College of the Arts and lives and works in Oakland, CA and Brooklyn, NY. (11/5)

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Lesbian Custody


A film by Molly Skonieczny, 2013, 18 min,

LESBIAN CUSTODY (dir. Samuel Topiary) explores the personal and political legacy of IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN (1977), a groundbreaking lesbian feminist documentary distributed by Women Make Movies that gave voice to mothers fighting for custody of their children in the face of rampant homophobia. Nearly fifty years later, filmmaker Frances Reid — one…

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