POSTMORTEM, a hybrid documentary film, is a boundary-pushing, family crime drama about an abused girl who didn’t tell her childhood secret—and the woman she becomes, who does.
SYNOPSIS
POSTMORTEM is slated for release in 2026.
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Director Marilyn Ness
Marilyn Ness is a two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont Award-winning documentary director and producer. She directed CHARM CITY, an observational documentary exploring the divide between police and citizens, that premiered at Tribeca 2018, was shortlisted for the 2019 Academy Award®, was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens, and nominated for an Emmy. Her directorial debut, BAD BLOOD, broadcast nationally on PBS in 2011 and helped spur changes to the national blood donation policy. She is a partner in the woman-owned and led Big Mouth Productions, and produced Kirsten Johnson’s groundbreaking films DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD and CAMERAPERSON; Netflix’s BECOMING about former First Lady Michelle Obama; Independent Lens’ TRAPPED about abortion access in the South, and others.
Beth Levison is an award-winning documentary film producer based in New York City. Her 2022 producing effort, THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT (dirs. Anne Alvergue/Debra McClutchy, producing partner Judith Mizrachy), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, launched on Netflix, and was nominated for a 2023 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Her previous film, STORM LAKE, which she directed alongside DP Jerry Risius and produced, broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2022 and was Peabody and Emmy nominated. Producing credits include the Independent Spirit Awards-winning A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY (Kino Lorber, 2025), WOMEN IN BLUE (Independent Lens, 2021) and 32 PILLS (HBO, 2017). Executive producer credits include LAND WITH NO RIDER (True/False, 2025), 2-time BIFA-winning GRAND THEFT HAMLET (MUBI, 2025), and 3-time IDA Awards nominee MY SWEET LAND (Sheffield, 2024). Levison is the founder of Hazel Pictures; a co-founder of the Documentary Producers Alliance; and a member of the Academy.
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